[Taxacom] Underlying synapomorphies

[Bob Mesibov]

So 'underlying synapomorphies' applies in cases where scattered members
of a taxon are thought to have reverted to the plesiomorphic state, and
is just another way of saying there have been scattered cases of
character reversal in the taxon?
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Dr Robert Mesibov
Honorary Research Associate
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
and School of Zoology, University of Tasmania
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