i can’t even begin to understand cladistics and i don’t understand how they play a role in taxonomy at all. don’t cladistics and taxonomy contradict each other? (not trying to disprove cladistics i’m just so so confused)
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Genetic clades are the consequence of divergent evolution, i.e. once genomes differ, they never evolve to be identical again. The evolutionary branches never grow back together.
Morphology (physical body characteristics) CAN converge, to an extent, even though the genetics differ. Environmental pressures can “force” similar adaptations.
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