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Good characters and homology
Author(s) -
Wiesemüller Bernhard,
Rothe Hartmut,
Henke Winfried
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
evolutionary anthropology: issues, news, and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1520-6505
pISSN - 1060-1538
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6505(2000)9:4<151::aid-evan2>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - phylogenetic tree , homology (biology) , evolutionary biology , phylogenetics , biology , systematics , sequence homology , dna , zoology , genetics , taxonomy (biology) , base sequence , gene
This paper is a critical comment on a recent article by Lieberman.1 We question his opinion that DNA is a better data source for phylogenetic reconstructions than bone and discuss his “problems and potential solutions” regarding the homology concept. We conclude that phylogenetic systematics requires a phylogenetic homology concept, and that Lieberman's “solutions,” though useful terms, should not be designated as homology.