[Taxacom] new opinion publication

[Art Borkent]

I would like to draw attention to a recent paper I published that addresses some serious issues in how cladistics/phylogeny is done. It is worth mentioning that the paper reflects, at least in part, the opinions of numbers of colleagues who prefer to remain anonymous (mostly for grant winning reasons). 

I would be interested in responses and discussion!

The paper is open access.

 Borkent, A. 2018. The State of Phylogenetic Analysis: Narrow Visions and Simple Answers – Examples from the Diptera (flies). Zootaxa 4374: 107–143.

http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4374.1.7 <http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4374.1.7>

Dr. Art Borkent
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