Farris (24) and Kluge (25) found the concept of differential transition probabilities (such as a transition rate that is different from a transversion rate) to be problematic with regard to this debate as it implied a non-independence of character states and therefore was contentious for a view of homology synonymous with synapomorphy (13, 19- 20).
None of them gets close to the 244 baby Aryas, however, perhaps a sign that the fierce tomboyish independence of that character is more valued in modern Britain than ladylike dragon-rearing.
These three are engaging company, but they don't as successfully suggest the intellect and fierce independence of their characters.
Although this clade was supported by 74% of bootstrap replicates, inspection of the alignments showed that the grouping was based entirely on a single 6 bp region with 5 substitutions, raising doubts about the independence of those characters.
Pollock's champion, Greenberg, lashed out at Gorky in a review in The Nation, raising a suspicion that he "lacked independence and masculinity of character".
So the trajectory of the modern tabloid starlet does not recall the 18th-century, Brontëan model, in which the heroine emerges from her ordeal stronger and happier, thanks to her intelligence, independence and strength of character.
Ironically, the woman who is often propped up as proof that Steven Moffat is, in fact, not a sexist was one of the worst in terms of the Bechdel test and overall independence of thought and character.
This was opposed by Sir Samuel Romilly, who argued that the positions of Chief Justice and Attorney General were incompatible, saying "to appoint a gentleman holding a lucrative office at the sole pleasure of the Crown to a high judicial situation, was extremely inconsistent with that independence of the judicial character which it was so important to preserve inviolate".
