[Taxacom] DNA only descriptions

[John Grehan]

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[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Sergio Vargas
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:50 PM

> If molecular and morphological phylogenies point to a different tree,
won't you still need to address the question why 
> the two character sets point to a different tree?

Yes

> I am demanding that people at least take the time to provide "credible
reasons" not to use one or other line of evidence > and stop using the
"morphological characters are homoplasious" escape to simply discard
data a priori. 

Ok - clarification understood.

> If you have "credible reasons" to discard data the only way you could
have found these reasons is by the critical 
> assessment of all available information and the a posteriori selection
of characters for the analysis. Isn't this using > both character types?

No

John Grehan