Evolution, Fourth Edition (looseleaf)
Evolution, Fourth Edition (looseleaf)
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ISBN: 9781605356969
Author: Douglas J. Futuyma
Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
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To determine: What a biologist should do if she finds that different methods of analyzing the same data provide different estimates of the relationship among certain taxa.

Introduction: The evolutionary relationship between different organisms and the history of different groups of organisms is depicted by an evolutionary tree. Several different analytical methods exist to depict this, thus giving different estimates of the relationship between different groups of organisms.

Summary Introduction

To determine: What a biologist should do if she finds that different methods of analyzing the same data give the same estimate of the relationship among certain taxa but the estimates differ depending on which of the two different genes has been sequenced.

Introduction: In phylogenetics, the relationship between different groups of organisms is studied. The evolutionary relationship between different organisms and the history of different groups of organisms is depicted by an evolutionary tree. Several different analytical methods exist to depict this, thus giving different estimates of the relationship between different groups of organisms.

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