Sample size

[Joe & Alina]

Dear Taxacomers:

Is there a minimum number of taxa from a group to be sampled for a
cladistic analysis before any classification can be made from the trees
obtained? How reliable would be the classification based on a cladistic
analysis that used 10% of the total number of species of a genus?

Thank you for your help


Alina

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Alina Freire-Fierro
Herbario Nacional del Ecuador QCNE
Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales
Avenida Rio Coca E5-116
Casilla Postal 17-21-1787
Tel/Fax (593-2) 441-592
Quito - ECUADOR

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Domicilio:
Joe "the Juggler" Welling
Alina Freire Fierro
Calle de los Capulies E1046 y Joaquin Sumaita
Ciudadela Dammer
Casilla Postal 17-15-755C
Tel: (593-2) 412-405
Quito, ECUADOR
e-mail: joeali at pi.pro.ec
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