Divergence

G-Do, Thanks for the explanation. That is the easiest-to-understand explanation of KL div and thus IMHO the best. I have related question. Suppose the die outcomes are continous, i.e. it can be any number between 1 to 6 how do I calculate the probability in this case? Thanks

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I see--divergence is more a general term then, covering any(?) divergence in selection and hence speciation(?). So is diversifying selection the same thing? In my reading I found that diversifying selection or disruptive selection ...

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Sorry for getting semantical on you. divergence does not only address sexual selection. Any selection can cause divergence. It's a simple concept really. Imagine a standard bell-curve as an "ideal" distribution of a trait in a population ...

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... I've seen plenty of charts on the appearance of humans and non-human hominids in the past several years, and studies mentioning their basic "divergence", but none of these really answer just when the populations became truly genetically seperated, and how long it took them to speciate. ...

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... I've seen plenty of charts on the appearance of humans and non-human hominids in the past several years, and studies mentioning their basic "divergence", but none of these really answer just when the populations became truly genetically seperated, and how long it took them to speciate. ...

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