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Success of Alignment-Free Oligonucleotide (k-mer) Analysis Confirms Relative Importance of Genomes not Genes in Speciation and Phylogeny
Donald R. Forsdyke
The utility of DNA sequence substrings (k-mers) in alignment-free phylogenetic classification, including that of bacteria and viruses, is increasingly recognized. However, its biol…
When acting as a reproductive barrier for sympatric speciation, hybrid sterility can only be primary
Donald R. Forsdyke
In many animals parental gametes unite to form a zygote that develops into an adult with gonads that, in turn, produce gametes. Interruption of this germinal cycle by prezygotic or…
Speciation: Goldschmidt's Heresy, Once Supported by Gould and Dawkins, is Again Reinstated
Donald R. Forsdyke
The view that the initiation of branching into two sympatric species may not require natural selection emerged in Victorian times (Fleeming Jenkin, George Romanes, William Bateson)…
Elusive preferred hosts or nucleic acid level selection? A commentary on: Evolutionary interpretations of mycobacteriophage biodiversity and host-range through the analysis of codon usage bias (Esposito et al. 2016)
Donald R. Forsdyke
While confirming the long held view that viruses do not closely imitate the use of their host's codon catalogue, Esposito and coworkers nevertheless consider it surprising that, de…