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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:13:25 +0100
From: [unknown]
To: PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: Descendents of a species
> Under PhyloCode every descendent of a species is considered still a= member=20 > of that species? No. Species can be paraphyletic. Species are not clades. Clades, _on the other hand_, do consist of an ancestor and all its= =20 descendants. (The preface of the PhyloCode emphasizes both of these points several= =20 times.)=20