Mayr versus Woese: Tempo and Mode in Genome Evolution
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Charles G Kurland(Dept. of Biology, Lund University)
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Europe/Stockholm
Magnéli Hall (Arrhenius Laboratories)
Magnéli Hall
Arrhenius Laboratories
Description
The talk will cover the following aspects:
· Gene trees are not species trees. (Rokas).
· Woesian gene trees are probably artifacts (Philippe et al).
· Genome content of compact protein domains reconstructs species trees.
· A consensus species tree roots the three superkingdoms “realistically” ala Mayr.
· Akaryotes replace prokaryotes (Forterre).
· Consider a series of species trees, one seeding the other on Planet Earth.
Additional reading (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030090841300134X).
Host: Britt-Marie Sjöberg