2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1979.tb00689.x
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Ontogeny and the recognition of primitive character states

Abstract: Summary The use of ontogeny has recently been proposed for the evaluation of character‐states in adult organisms as an alternative or an addition to outgroup comparison (Bonde 1977; Nelson 1970). Such a methodology is here rejected on the following grounds: 1. The comparison of ontogenetic stages follows the criteria of outgroup comparison. 2. While similarity of early ontogenetic stages does indicate common ancestry, it does so at an undetermined level. Character analysis among adult organisms has to proceed … Show more

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“…Nelson (1978Nelson ( , 1985 argued that ontogeny, rather than outgroups, should be used to determine character polarity. This was contested by Rieppel (1979), Kluge (1985), and Mabee (1989Mabee ( , 1996Mabee ( , 2000. Mabee showed experimentally that using a tree optimized to the ontogenetic criterion for character polarization only created congruence for about half the characters.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nelson (1978Nelson ( , 1985 argued that ontogeny, rather than outgroups, should be used to determine character polarity. This was contested by Rieppel (1979), Kluge (1985), and Mabee (1989Mabee ( , 1996Mabee ( , 2000. Mabee showed experimentally that using a tree optimized to the ontogenetic criterion for character polarization only created congruence for about half the characters.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some cladists, like Rieppel ( 1979 ), were critical of the independence of ontogenetic information from the morphological data used in outgroup comparisons. Others, however, thought otherwise.…”
Section: Recapitulation Vs Cladistic Assessments Of Character Polaritymentioning
confidence: 99%