Category:ECO:0000355 ! phylogenetic distribution evidence

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id: ECO:0000355

name: phylogenetic distribution evidence
def: "A type of phylogenetic evidence characterized by the mapping of the character states of living organisms onto phylogenies using the method of maximum parsimony." [ECO:MCC, PMID:21238344]
is_a: ECO:0000080 ! phylogenetic evidence
comment: Example of use: "The presence of paired evaginated hemispheres and olfactory bulbs in both agnathan and gnathostome radiations suggests that such hemispheres were also present in the common ancestor." PMID: 7013637. Northcutt RG. (1981) Evolution of the telencephalon in nonmammals. Ann. Rev. Neurosci.

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