Re: Homoplasy X homeomorphy

[gator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (christopher brochu)]

As I see it, parallelism and convergence are kinds of homoplasy.  Since
they are, in the majority of cases, difficult to distinguish, I prefer to
just use the term "homoplasy" and leave it at that.


My reading of the posted definitions suggests that homeomorphy is the
result of large amounts of homoplasy - homoplasy refers to specific
characters, but homeomorphy refers to organisms.

chris


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Christopher A. Brochu
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