Hundreds Of Natural-selection Studies Could Be Wrong, Study Demonstrates
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 22:14
in Biology & Nature
Hundreds of natural-selection studies could have made incorrect conclusions because several statistical methods commonly used by biologists to detect natural selection at the molecular level tend to produce incorrect results, according to new research. The study suggests that, for a more realistic picture of natural selection, biologists should pair experimental data with their statistical data, whenever possible.