Tag: phylogenetic tree
Controversy Arising: Timetrees Unconstrained
Two theorists have created a stir in evolutionary circles, claiming that Darwinian phylogeny efforts (tree-building) cannot be constrained to one “best” answer.
Butterfly Wing Pattern Diversification by Non-Darwinian Mechanisms
In butterfly “evolution,” new findings show mechanisms at work other than random mutation and natural selection.
“Convergent Evolution Is Even More Improbable than Evolution Itself”
Lee Spetner says of convergent evolution that it explains nothing but is simply a case of “giving a name to our ignorance.”
Primate Phylogenetics Researchers Swinging from Tree to Tree
Researchers trying to create a primate phylogenetic tree are finding it isn’t as easy as they’d hoped.