[Taxacom] barcode of life wins Ebbe Nielsen Prize

[Richard Zander]

Well, yeah, the whole genome reflects evolution, like a snapshot
reflects history. 

I meant that the way expressed traits interact at the organism level
with a changing environment, including multiple speciation and
reticulation events, cannot well be fully recovered by a snapshot of a
genome or a hundred genomes. You need more information about history and
environment than there is implied in the genome to get a truly adequate
grasp of evolution for a taxon.

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Subject: Re: [Taxacom] barcode of life wins Ebbe Nielsen Prize

On 6/30/2010 6:13 AM, Richard Zander wrote:
> 3. even whole genome analysis does not reflect the course and 

> actualities of evolution, unless, of course, you redefine evolution.
>    
Of course it reflects evolution. How could it not? As long as we
understand that the mirror is scratched and warped, we can still use it
usefully as a mirror.

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