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For the last two years, Iosif Pinelis, a professor of mathematical sciences at Michigan Technological University, has been working on a mathematical solution to a challenging biological puzzle first posed in the journal "Statistical Science"*: Why is the typical evolutionary tree so lopsided?
In other words, why do some descendants of a parent species evolve hundreds of different species, while others produce so few they seem to be practicing family planning?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030929055601.htm