Homoplasy: A Good Thread to Pull to Understand the Evolutionary Ball of Yarn

Homoplasy: A Good Thread to Pull to Understand the Evolutionary Ball of Yarn
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:41:00 -0600

With the genetics of so many organisms that have different traits yet to study, and with the techniques for gathering full sets of genetic information from organisms rapidly evolving, the "forest" of evolution can be easily lost to the "trees" of each individual case and detail.

A review paper published this week in Science by David Wake, Marvalee Wake and Chelsea Specht, all currently National Science Foundation grantees, suggests that studying examples of ...

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