Numerical cladistics, an unintentional refuge for phenetics—a reply to Wiley et al.

Numerical cladistics, an unintentional refuge for phenetics—a reply to Wiley et al

The assertion that phylogenetic inference algorithms are not authoritarian because results are repeatable, predictable and freely available misses the point that the authority resides in underlying algorithm models that are not cladistic. We show that optimization procedures can group using symplesiomorphy and that optimization is not always equivalent to cladistic argumentation. Because parsim...

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Reply to Gratiy et al.

TO THE EDITOR: Gratiy et al. (2013) proposed two alternative explanations for the nonbalanced current source density (CSD) estimates in Riera et al. (2012). Their commentary was based on a particular interpretation of the role played by the Ampere-Maxwell Law in the genesis of the electric fields for macroscopic media. In this Reply, we will provide further information to stimulate the debate i...

Reply to Neviere et al.

We would like to take the opportunity to express our appreciation towards Neviere et al. [1] for their eloquent and detailed comments on our recent manuscript [2]. In our study, 1-year follow-up results from cardiopulmonary exercise tests were compared in patients and controls with preoperative results. We were able to demonstrate a significant rise in the maximum cardiac index in patients duri...

Reply to Pawar et al

influenza Avirus subtype H7N1 antigen to find out its relatedness by means of the HI assay. The H7 antigen reacted with WHO reference antibodies to high titers (HI titer, 320), indicating antigenic similarity with influenza A(H7N9) isolated from China. This revealed the appropriateness of using the H7 virus antigen in the study. All serum samples from the high-risk group and the general populat...