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This paper concerns the issue of whether classificatory methods used in numerical cladistics or in numerical phenetics have greater stability when sampling different classes of characters (such as morphological versus electrophoretic, or larval versus adult characters). Mickevich (1978a,b) investigated 8 methods for 9 different data sets. Some questions with the design and methods used in this study were raised by Rohlf and Sokal (1980). In a rejoinder Mickevich (1980) modified some of her methods and presented some new results. The purpose of the present paper is to present some results of a reanalysis of these data. A more comprehensive paper is in preparation.
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Rohlf, F.J., Colless, D.H., Hart, G. (1983). Taxonomic Congruence — A Reanalysis. In: Felsenstein, J. (eds) Numerical Taxonomy. NATO ASI Series, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69024-2_10
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