Tag Archives: speciation

False detection of "true" species under the multi-species coalescent model

Posted on 7 Feb, 2017 by Katie Everson

The multi-species coalescent model (MSCM) is the biggest name in the game (if the game is genetic species delimitation). But a new paper from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences asks: is the MSCM really doing what we think it’s doing? Some … Continue reading →

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A Primer on the Great BAMM Controversy

Posted on 26 Aug, 2016 by Ethan Linck

Update, 26 August 2016, 2:30PM. A number of readers brought my attention to a series of blog posts by Moore et al. responding to Rabosky’s rebuttal of their published critique of BAMM. I’ve included links to the posts and summarized their … Continue reading →

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Macroalgal miscellany

Posted on 22 Jan, 2016 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

It’s been a jam-packed week and I’ve found myself at Friday. Grandiose plans for a post continuing the series on clonality (see here and here) did not come to fruition. But, I was saved with a new article that tumbled … Continue reading →

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