Phylogenetic tree
Phylogenetic tree
I am not sure how difficult this would be to implement, but I think that we could benefit greatly from an interactive phylogenetic tree. Right now The Cat-eLog is organized by families. With a tree it would be easier to remember characteristics of the families by remembering the derived character states (apomorphy?) in relation to their encompassing taxon. Also I think it would make browsing through the different catfish a lot more fun.
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Re: Phylogenetic tree
Three problems:
1. There are very few resolved phylogenetic trees within the Siluriformes.
2. How would one address conflicting tree topologies from different datasets?
3. Most of the morphological characters typically used in a phylogenetic analysis are of little meaning/use to an aquarist. If you have a molecular phylogeny, how do you even list the apomorphies?
1. There are very few resolved phylogenetic trees within the Siluriformes.
2. How would one address conflicting tree topologies from different datasets?
3. Most of the morphological characters typically used in a phylogenetic analysis are of little meaning/use to an aquarist. If you have a molecular phylogeny, how do you even list the apomorphies?
