Genes show one big "European Family"

[Thrinaxodon]

Does that mean I could be <i>closely</i> related, to Gans? Yes! It
means, that the further apart, you are, the more "closely related" you
are.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130507195642.htm

[Richard Norman]

The paper is

http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001555;jsessionid=2B516131B21C28DDEEE96B479B65FF9B
or
http://tinyurl.com/d3ygo33

As to my relatedness with Gans, the paper doesn't seem to describe the
subpopulation that I believe we both might share. If he is a
Galitzianer, a real mensch, then I proudly welcome my cousin. On the
other hand, he might be a Litvak in which case ...

[john...@gmail.com]

Comparisons on a gene by gene additive basis is primitive. In the future epistatic gene groups will have to be compared since individual genes do NOT present a fitness independent level of selection. The persistence of gene centricity within evolutionary theory as perpetrated by Dawkins et al misrepresents evolutionary theory.

Regards,

John Edser
Independent Researcher

ed...@ozemail.com.au