More on the "cladistics" of sequences -- and outgroup selection

[Susan Farmer]

>  rjensen at SAINTMARYS.EDU writes:
> >
> > > Of course, changing the outgroup can have significant effect on
> > > relationships in the tree, but that's another story.
> > >
> >
> > Are you certain of this?
>
> Yes.

So am I.  I have a trnL-F data set that gives 2 completely different
tree topologies (one clade nested within the other versus pure sister
groups) depending on the outgroup used.

Susan
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Susan Farmer
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Botany Department, University of Tennessee
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