Wednesday, May 25, 2011
A Lesson of Genealogy - Looks Can Be Deceiving
"The surprising stories of king crab and squat lobster evolution from hermit crab ancestors are examples of a frequent lesson in the era of DNA-based genealogy — looks can be deceiving. Very dissimilar forms can evolve from a given type of ancestor, and similar-appearing forms can evolve entirely independently from unrelated ancestors."NYTimes.com
