Re: The Grand Tree of Life (was RE: Unified Cladistics)

["ekaterina amalitzkaya" <eamalitz@hotmail.com>]

> generate more accurate pictures of the Tree of Life, just as an H-R diagram
> of star size vs. star luminosity is more effectively generated using
> hundreds of stars rather than a dozen.

The H-R diagram is a beautiful analogy but perhaps it would be a more 
appropriate analog for the ulimate classification of protein domains found 
in proteins encoded in all genomes. The development regulatory proteins of 
Carnotaurus and ours with the exception of some zinc finger domain families 
may be nearly identical yet we see a difference. Thus even as amidst the 
countless G-type main sequence stars the sun subtly differ from Tau Ceti why 
do we differ from Carnotaurus or Sharovipteryx.

This apart there are 2 reasons why a final tree of life can never be 
achieved but if we know that demography of protein domains we may know if we 
can ever generate a usefully accurate approximation of the Web of life.

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