One of the two taxa on either side of a split in a cladogram. In practice: the taxon to which another taxon is more closely related than any other taxon. Usually refers to sister species, i.e., taxa at the species level.
Some flies preserved in ethanol and then pinned often get the eyes sunken, how can this be avoided? Best answer: I usually keep alcohol-collected material in alcohol
Tried to attach an image to a forum post. jpg, 32kB, 72dpi, no blanks, ... File name is correctly displayed, but when I click "Preview Thread" it just vanishes. Help!