Given the xerox of many clipping devices provided (I would like to scan it so we have color); do the following:
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Create a matrix of characters for > 10 of the devices. Each character should consist of a single attribute. Consider the differences between characters which are binary versus characters with n states.. Once you complete this matrix, import it into nexus format and thus into paup in order to perform a parsimony search. Create and bootstrap a parsimony search tree.

Here is what my initial spread sheet looked like: (click on it to download the spreadsheet) I then transferred that into a fasta file and finally into something which paup would understand