Comments on: Merriam-Webster on cladistics http://roberto.kellerperez.com/2010/06/merriam-webster-on-cladistics/ Ant reconstruction one homology at a time Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Roberto Keller http://roberto.kellerperez.com/2010/06/merriam-webster-on-cladistics/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Roberto Keller Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:56:57 +0000 http://roberto.kellerperez.com/?p=2128#comment-1546 In the context of the definition "not found in ancestral groups" clarifies that the shared characteristics must be unique to the taxon been defined. Plesiomorphies won't do for example. I can live with that. The date refers to the paper by Ernst Mayr where he first used the term <em>cladistics</em> to label Hennig's phylogenetic systematics: Mayr, E. 1965. Numerical phenetics and taxonomic theory. <em>Systematic Zoology</em> 14:73-97. In the context of the definition “not found in ancestral groups” clarifies that the shared characteristics must be unique to the taxon been defined. Plesiomorphies won’t do for example. I can live with that.

The date refers to the paper by Ernst Mayr where he first used the term cladistics to label Hennig’s phylogenetic systematics:
Mayr, E. 1965. Numerical phenetics and taxonomic theory. Systematic Zoology 14:73-97.

]]> By: Martin Brazeau http://roberto.kellerperez.com/2010/06/merriam-webster-on-cladistics/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 Martin Brazeau Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:00:34 +0000 http://roberto.kellerperez.com/?p=2128#comment-1544 You find? I see it as problematic for one reason: the use of the term "ancestral groups". In other words: paraphyletic groups. At any rate, it appears to claim that the date of entry was in 1965. That's a very interesting date for the term to have been introduced to an English dictionary. You find? I see it as problematic for one reason: the use of the term “ancestral groups”. In other words: paraphyletic groups.

At any rate, it appears to claim that the date of entry was in 1965. That’s a very interesting date for the term to have been introduced to an English dictionary.

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