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genetic distance and taxonomical distance aren't that correlated
by Almondsetat 2y ago
genetic distance and taxonomical distance aren't that correlated
- dekhn 2y agoThis is mainly due to errors in the taxonomy being based on phenotypic similarity which often does not correlate with actual relatedness (although, many would argue with this statement). It's not uncommon to see taxonomic reclassifications after enough species are sequenced.