> Thus DNA is NOT like cladistics: DNA
>is a molecule that can be a good or a bad character (then it is LIKE
>morphology), while cladistics is a methodology (or a conceptual and
>theorethical framework) for the analysis of character evolution.
It is like cladistics in that the wrong parts can be chosen, just as
inappropriate characters can. Wrong choice, bad/misleading results.
As with all methods, care must be exercised; likewise the utmost
effort in avoiding subjectivity.
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