"William Morse"  wrote in message
news:cd3jr0$2kss$1{at}darwin.ediacara.org...
> We have had lots of good clean fun on this newsgroup debating the
> relative contributions of drift and natural selection to evolution. But
> as more and more sequence data becomes available, it is becoming clear
> that both drifters and niche-pickers have missed the boat.

I expect that both schools will claim that the new data proves them
right!  Drifters will point to a pseudo-gene and exclaim "Look how
it has drifted!".  Niche-pickers will find an isozyme as their
example, and marvel at how it has become an functional adaptation,
distinct from its parent.
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