Taxacom: Video regarding ancestral state reconstruction

[Kirk Fitzhugh]

Here?s a link to a slideshow I posted on YouTube earlier this week. I
explain why character mapping, or ancestral state reconstruction, is not a
logically sound form of phylogenetic inference. Pardon the audio quality;
recorded it on my notebook.
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FWlW7ZDZTYAE%3Fsi%3DA41ysYZPzc-RJDCF&data%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C3692885db00d4f47b22508dd8528446d%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638813130192706401%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=h3n5bxWvbjuJY%2BYeSzI64SEW28ZucSNEwrnecxC5Bl8%3D&reserved=0

Kirk Fitzhugh

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J. Kirk Fitzhugh, Ph.D.
Curator of Polychaetes
Research & Collections Branch
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90007
Phone: 213-763-3233
e-mail: kfitzhugh at nhm.org
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