Farewell to Species - and nomenclatural stability

[Stuart G. Poss]

"B. J. Tindall" wrote:

>
> Take it a step further and one can use the same data set a) for creating a
> similarity matrix and b) for looking at the individual characters. If you
> knock it all down to basics the two systems are dealing with comparison by
> a) measures of similarity/dissimilarity or b) analysis of individual
> characters. A good example is in gene/protein sequence studies where one
> may be interested in both the degree of change and the nature of the
> changes.

>

Take it even a step further and one can assess the bases of comparison used in
identification (recognition) of the character states of a cladistic character
and the "homology" used to define it.


>
> Brian Tindall
>
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