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Originally posted by SLPx:
AiG?
My, Peter B., your true colors are showing.
Do we have yet another claim of a conspiracy? Gene trees do not match species trees (on occasion)?
Well, shiver me timbers, Peter B! That is not a secret, it is well known, oft discussed, and well understood.
Indeed.
In fact a "species tree" is already a concensus of other trees, I have mentioned coalescent theory to PB, alas to no effect. So, armed with the KNOWLEDGE of why all trees don't necessarily match, why would ONE gene tree that doesn't match precisely, falsify a conclusion based on several trees?
Mark
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Occam's razor is not for shaving with.