Inconvenient Fungus Genetic Data Leads to Epicycles in the Tree of Life

We recently posted a rebuttal to Richard Dawkins' overstatement of the molecuar evidence for common descent. The article cited a number of cases where those who use molecular data to build phylogenetic trees have encountered conflicting trees depending on which gene is being used to construct the tree. Another striking example of this common phenomenon was also discussed last month at GeneticArchaeology.com in an article titled "Discovery of jumping gene cluster tangles tree of life."

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