Dear colleagues,
Below is the opening paragraph of my rebuttal of the critique by Siddall et
al. (1998) of my phylogenetic analysis of annelid relationships based on
elongation factor-1alpha sequence data. My rebuttal appeared in the latest
issue of the journal "Cladistics". If you would like a reprint, please contact
me by e-mail.
Thank you.
Damhnait McHugh
dmchugh at colgate.mail.edu
McHugh, D. 1999. Phylogeny of the Annelida: Siddall et al. (1998)
Rebutted. Cladistics 15: 85-89
Siddall et al. (1998) recently published a critique of my phylogenetic
analysis of annelid, echiurid, and siboglinid (= Pogonophora and
Vestimentifera (see McHugh, 1997; Rouse and Fauchald, 1997)) relationships
based on the nuclear coding gene, elongation factor-1a (EF-1a) (McHugh,
1997). Unfortunately, Siddall et al. (1998) made several misleading and
obfuscatory statements about the EF-1a analysis, and omitted information
that supports the EF-1a results that I presented. In addition, they stated
that they could not reproduce the results of McHugh (1997), which may give
readers the mistaken impression of discordance between the methods I applied
and the results I presented. Here, to clarify matters and to avoid the
propagation of incorrect information, I directly address specific quotes (in
italics) from Siddall et al. (1998) in order of their appearance in that
manuscript.
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Damhnait McHugh
Department of Biology
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY 13346, U.S.A.
Tel: (315) 228-7339
Fax: (315) 228-7997
dmchugh at mail.colgate.edu
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