[Taxacom] endless debate

[Don.Colless at csiro.au]

I'm too old and tired to get further involved in this debate; but beware of the term "information content". It can be made to suit a wide variety of arguments. See my  1986 "Classification et information", in "L'Ordre et la Diversite du Vivant", Fondation Diderot, Fayard. Not the most accessible reference, I admit, but it was a chance to deliver my opinion(s) on the matter. I wrote it in English, by the way, and could probably supply a copy  of the original. 
              
Donald H. Colless
CSIRO Div of Entomology
GPO Box 1700
Canberra 2601
don.colless at csiro.au
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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Jaakko Hyvönen [jaakko.hyvonen at helsinki.fi]
Sent: 04 April 2009 20:42
To: TAXACOM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] endless debate

I would like to remind participants of this
debate of the 30 yr old, and still very relevant
article:

Farris, J.S. 1979. The information content of the
phylogenetic system. Syst. Zool. 28: 483-519.

enjoy

all the best, jaakko
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Jaakko Hyvönen
Plant Biology (Biocenter 3), PO Box 65, FIN-00014 UNIV. HELSINKI, FINLAND

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