Go read RPM's post On the Causes of Variation in the Rate of Molecular Evolution.
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Bora's reference to popular misconceptions about evolution and RPM's post which points to some of Francis Collins' bizarre contentions in regards to human evolution (talk about "End of History") got me thinking, how about I be a unifier and not a divider? If you had 10 words or less, what would…
I have spoken of the probability of extinction and the rate of substitution once past extinction, but now to something more prosaic, genetic drift. My post is based on John Gillespie's treatment in Evolutionary Genetics: Concepts & Case Studies. Like R.A. Fisher he does not think much of…
Razib has proposed an interesting challenge: Define evolution in ten words or less.
His definition is this:
Differential fitness correlated with heritable variation results in evolution
John Hawks' suggestion is this:
No evolution means equal offspring for everyone!
But both of these focus only on…
Via RPM I see that Chad at Uncertain Principles is asking about seminal discoveries and experiments in biology. This is a enormous field and I'm not really good at "lists." But here are a few off the top of my head....
In the 19th century - As far as theory goes it I think Darwin's idea of…