Message 2005-12-0050: Re: Descendents of a species

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:13:25 +0100

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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=
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> 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=
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descendants.

(The preface of the PhyloCode emphasizes both of these points several=
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times.)=20

  

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