In article <SRE.94May23102341 at al.cam.ac.uk>, sre at al.cam.ac.uk (Sean Eddy)
wrote:
> In article <schwarze-220594183224 at fennel.bio.caltech.edu> schwarze at starbase1.caltech.edu (Erich Schwarz) writes:
> >Which brings me to my question for the "group mind" out there: is there
> >any reasonable algorithm by which one might distinguish motifs that had
> >arisen from convergent rather than divergent evolution? [...]
>> I'd say that we can't. We don't know and probably can't guess the
> relevant probabilities. [Much rational prose deleted.]
Oh, dear, I *thought* the answer would probably be something like that.
Well, that'll make the "Discussion" section of this manuscript I'm
struggling with nice and indeterminate. :^/
Thanks, anyway! :^)
--Erich Schwarz
