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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:56:08 +0100 (MET)
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To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: PhyloCode: The origin of life perhaps a few times over
> I'm getting confused by your references to Lamarck Sorry. They were just irrelevant historical anecdotes attempting to= =20 exaggerate the point that the Phylocode can be applied to just about= =20 anything that can be remotely considered a phylogenetic tree. > so I'll ask this are all currently accepted Evolutionary theories > Darwinian (more precisely NeoDarwinian) Yes. > Is Punctuated Equilibrium Theory Darwinian in at least heretical fo= rm? It doesn't say anything against mutation and selection. It only says = that,=20 due to known factors such as stabilizing selection*, evolution doesn'= t=20 always run at the same speed; instead, it says, evolution is quite a = bit=20 faster than everyone thought at speciation events ( =3D when new spec= ies=20 arise), and slower during the normal existence of species. In other w= ords,=20 it says (ordinary Darwinian) evolution speeds up and slows down at= =20 irregular intervals (and of course at different times for different= =20 species). * Natural selection preventing a population from changing a running= =20 system. --=20 Telefonieren Sie schon oder sparen Sie noch? NEU: GMX Phone_Flat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/telefonie