[Taxacom] SUSPECT Re: Molecules vs Morphology

[Frederick W Schueler]

Bob Mesibov wrote:
> Mario Blanco wrote:
> 
> "But evolution itself is defined as change in the genetic makeup of a population through generations (this is a widely accepted definition of evolution)."
> 
> Ouch. Widely accepted among phylogeneticists, maybe...

* this definition was a product of the New Synthesis, many years before 
there were phylogeneticists, but I think it mostly made reference to 
genetic changes within populations, not to macro-evolutionary events.

fred.
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