In 2006, we read an article from Eric Bazin et al., who argued that using mtDNA variation to indicate population size, is a flawed methodology. The work from his team was seemingly exhaustive, it involved sampling a collection of polymorphism data sets covering around 3,000 species to tackle one of the most basic postulates in [...]
February 5, 2008
mtDNA variation tells us of Southern Asia’s massive population growth 50,000 years ago
February 5, 2008
The Indo-European Language Tree
To supplement last week’s discussion on language evolution, I stumbled upon an Indo-European language tree posted on Jonathan Beaton’s blog. Neither Jonathan nor I know where it was published, nor what data was used to construct the tree and its relationships. So it may not be completely accurate… but it is a nifty illustration.
Just cause [...]
