Message 2005-12-0074: Re: PhyloCode: The definition of evolution

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:45:24 +0100 (MET)

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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:45:24 +0100 (MET)
From: [unknown]
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: PhyloCode: The definition of evolution

> What is the definition of evolution by evolutionary biologists?

I think "descent with modification by mutation and selection (and dri=
ft)"=20
sums it up nicely.

But note that this doesn't matter for phylogenetic nomenclature. It w=
ould=20
work just as fine if Lamarck had been right, for example.

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