Question

Question 1.4 in this exercise asks about whether the timing of a trait change (in this case dark petals) differs when you rotate the tree around the nodes (your answer

to this should be NO!). What would alter the timing of a trait change? If the simulation was run again and I allowed the columbines to evolve for different numbers of generations before I made the mutation happen If I rotated around the node that joins the columbines on all four peaks If I rotated around the node that joins Peaks 1, 3 and 4 There is no way this can change

Fig: 1

Fig: 2

Fig: 3

Fig: 4

Fig: 5

Fig: 6