Carl Zimmer has a post on his ScienceBlogs page, following on an earlier one about a recent study of ctenophore (comb jelly) genetics, which explains the phenomenon of ‘long-branch attraction,’ and how to compensate for its effects on phylogenetic inference.
Tags: Biology, Genetics, Evolution, phylogenetic inference, ctenophores, comb jellies, Carl Zimmer, long-branch attraction
