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Re: Genetic Study Shows Snake Evolution

To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Genetic Study Shows Snake Evolution
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:05:21 +0100
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Reply-to: david.marjanovic@gmx.at
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> I could be wrong, as I am hardly an expert in lizard systematics, but it
> seems like the really strange thing about the tree is not the position of
> the Serpentes, but the position of Iguania (stuck there into
> Scleroglossans).  Thoughts?

Part of the tree looks upside-down -- Iguania up there, Dibamidae down
there. Perhaps the sequences were misaligned (though that's basically a
killer argument). Perhaps a bit or two of long-branch attraction... :-)

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