Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Chapter 4

Today we discussed chapter 4. I was only present for half the meeting, but this is what happened:

  • Nobody seemed to have any trouble with Tree Lengths, and Consistency indices.
  • We discussed whether or not bootstrap and bremer analysis can actually compare trees. It is not the same as saying two p values are the same (or comparable)
  • Apparently molecular phylogenetists are more cocky with their data.

2 comments:

Tonya said...

"Apparently molecular phylogenetists are more cocky with their data."

Umm..what the heck does that mean? Someone please enlighten me.

Brendon said...

Damned if I know, someone of authority said it and I included it for the sake of drama.

Mission Accomplished.