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When are two qualitative taxonomic characters compatible?

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A proof is given of a procedure that has previously appeared claiming to determine when two amino acid positions on a protein could both possibly be divergent taxonomic characters. An algorithm for executing this procedure is described.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    G. F. Estabrook

  2. Department of Mathematics, Bowling Green State University, 43403, Bowling Green, OH, USA

    F. R. McMorris

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Estabrook, G.F., McMorris, F.R. When are two qualitative taxonomic characters compatible?. J. Math. Biology 4, 195–200 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00275985

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