@brttb @ctitusbrown Nice example!
Anyone know of an instance where genome sequencing led to a revision in our notion of a species? cc @ctitusbrown
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@michael_nielsen do you mean "challenged/altered the definition of the word species" or "gave insight into a particular species" ? -
@neilfws Both would be interesting! - 8 more replies
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@michael_nielsen@ctitusbrown finding the wolbachia genome integrated into insect genomes was pretty jaw dropping -
@PatSchloss@ctitusbrown That's an incredible answer to my question!
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@michael_nielsen If you're thinking about identifying a species through genome seq, the Denisovan should qualify, http://www.eva.mpg.de/denisova/index.html … -
@JonasGilbert That's a really nice example, thanks!
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@michael_nielsen some great responses - will you be summarizing anywhere? :) -
@ctitusbrown I don't think I'm competent too! Tonnes of stuff I'd never heard before, v. v. interesting!
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@michael_nielsen three other upsets of interest - (1) # of human genes; (2) animal phylogeny overall; (3) basal animal gene complement. -
@ctitusbrown Can you explain (2) and (3) a bit more? Not familiar with either. (1) I've already read about... - 1 more reply
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