Re: genetics of arrogance (posted for J. Small)

[N.MacLeod@xxxxxxxxx (N. MacLeod)]

Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 12:01:22 -0800
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From: bonebug@halcyon.com (Joe Small)
Subject: Re: genetics of arrogance
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>Morphology (phenotype) is important in evolution simply because it is
>phenotypes that are exposed to selection; selection does not act directly
>on genes, non-coding or otherwise.  In fact, it is this quality which makes
>non-coding genes useful in constructing phylogenetic hypotheses.

>William A. Shear

For the benefit of this amateur, please explain how non-coding genes are
useful in constructing phylogenetic hypotheses.
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