tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925453458905823877.post4211530105306705887..comments2024-01-09T19:56:03.647-05:00Comments on Freshwater Gastropods of North America: Pleurocera clavaeformis in the Mobile Basin?Rob Dillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916618545870123585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925453458905823877.post-86309861431289070452016-07-12T20:07:56.459-04:002016-07-12T20:07:56.459-04:00I realized my comment was posted under an ancient ...I realized my comment was posted under an ancient Blogspot pseudonym. I'm reposting with my comment with my actual name. <br /><br />1. Please familiarize yourself with how the BLAST algorithm actually works instead of doing the equivalent of a genomic Google search and gasping in awe when the first result isn't what you expect it to be. <br /><br />2. Instead of playing cut and paste in PowerPoint, how about actually downloading the COI data from both studies and reanalyzing it? In the time you took to flip that phylogeny and relabel the tips, you could have downloaded all of the sequences, aligned and analyzed them. In other words, you could have done ACTUAL research. You've been ranting about this kind of data for so long that I would have guessed you would have obtained at least a minimum of skills in actually analyzing genetic data beyond calculating allele frequencies in Excel (or is that still all paper and calculator?). There are undergrads around the country that can do this simple type of analysis, a researcher as senior as you who has written at length about the subject has no excuse. I'm guessing Robinson has better things to do with his time than analyze data for your speculative blog rants and non-peer reviewed articles in Ellipsaria. <br /><br />3. No one is denying a connection between the Tennessee and the Mobile River! Read a biogeographic paper on something other than snails and you'll see there's plenty of support for a historical connection between the two. Hell, don't read a paper and just look at a decent geologic map of the US and you can see a historical connection! <br /><br />4. Asking other people to test your hypotheses is about the lamest thing you could do in science. Design a descent study, write a proposal, get funding, and do the analysis. Don't beg others to satisfy your intellectual curiosity. The rest of us have our own hypotheses to test. <br /><br />David Hayesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925453458905823877.post-8929390480401350602016-07-12T19:58:37.075-04:002016-07-12T19:58:37.075-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008827217086752176noreply@blogger.com