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CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF METAZOAN RELATIONSHIPS: A REAPPRAISAL
Author(s) -
Backeljau Thierry,
Winnepenninckx Birgitta,
Bruyn Luc De
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
cladistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.323
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1096-0031
pISSN - 0748-3007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1993.tb00216.x
Subject(s) - cladistics , biology , zoology , evolutionary biology , phylogenetics , genetics , gene
Abstract— A recently published cladistic analysis of metazoan relationships based on 77 embryological and morphological characters is shown to be defective with respect to both methodological issues and the interpretation of certain characters. Consequently, many conclusions of this analysis are not supported by the data. Alternative phylogenetic hypotheses are therefore proposed, based on a re‐evaluation of an adapted data set.