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 bacteria + archaea have always challenged the species definition; genomes show how much "lateral gene transfer" goes on
@neilfws Interesting. Looks as though archaea were discovered to be a separate group of prokaryotes through genome analysis.
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@michael_nielsen although that discovery pre-dates genome sequencing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Woese -
@neilfws Wikipedia says it was done by Woese in 1977 using genome sequencing.... - 4 more replies
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@michael_nielsen absolutely! They look like bacteria but are biochemically, in many ways, more like you and IThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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