[CPN] proposed revisions of Note 9.3.1: call for a vote
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic at gmx.at
Wed May 1 06:29:51 EDT 2013
I have to run now; I retract my vote for the time being because of the
following points and will vote later today.
> I am sorry that I did not have time to look at this text earlier. I
> have problems with the formulation for apomorphy-based clades, in
> which "synapomorphic with" was omitted of some kinds of allowed
> definitions. This is a mistake in my opinion because it leaves
> ambiguity; often, convergent apomorphies are indistinguishable from
> synapomorphic ones. So "synapomorphic" MUST be present in such kinds
> of definitions.
I need to check.
> The removal of minimal and maximal clades defined based on extinct
> taxa is a big mistake, in my opinion.
I think they aren't outlawed even by implication, but I have to check
that, too.
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