Reticulate evolution and cladism: Tests for the direction of evolution |
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Authors: | R. S. Thorpe |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, AB92TN Aberdeen, (Scotland) |
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Abstract: | Summary Reticulate evolution between ancestral-descendant lineages can be critically tested for by investigating the relationship between out-group and mid-point roots on numerically derived cladograms. The western grass-snake provides a worked example for the theoretical test. |
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