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maximum likelihood applied to a specific model for the evolutionary process, are all
examples of the use of extremum principles. But whereas the attempt to apply the
extremum methods of mathematical physics to the study of evolutionaryprocesses
has proved largely unsuccessful because the parallels are insufficiently close —
a clear case of analogical seduction — the application of statistical extremum
methods, especially maximum likelihood, to the study of evolutionaryinferences
has proved exceptionally rewarding.
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