Tag: Steve Talbott
Parallel Host and Parasite Phylogenies: Do They Imply Common Ancestry?
Consider this diagram — or “tanglegram” — representing the parallel phylogenies yielded by pocket gophers and their lice parasites.
Epigenetics and the “Piano” Metaphor
In biological terms the pianist corresponds to the epigenetic processes that “play” the otherwise static linear information represented in DNA.