distance based DNA trees

[Curtis Clark]

At 14:55 2004-04-14, Rob Smissen wrote:
>I was going to let this pass, but Curtis Clark has written it twice, and
>I find myself in dissent.

I see your point; in the sorts of studies I am most familiar with,
involving closely related species of plants, substitution rates can vary
considerably between the branches. But your point about parsimony analyses
that proceed more slowly than evolution is well taken.


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