The Maya Equivalent of Weld Vertices?

Hello,

I am working throught hte tutorials in teh 3d Programming All in One" book... but instead of using MilkShape... I am attempting to do the tutorials in Maya.

Has anyone else attempted this?

What I am looking to do is the book gives the example to Weld Vertices. What is the equivalent in Maya? Great tutorials very well done... just I am trying to do this in a different software package which makes it more interesting.

Thanks for any help,
Ax