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'The Outlandish Knight': A Test Case for the Use of Phylogenetic Analysis in Folk Songs.

The evolutionary mechanisms that drive variation among living organisms have many close parallels to those which drive variation among folk songs. There are similarities between the process of DNA mutation, which leads to new animal species, and the so-called 'traditional process' which is postulate...

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Published in:Folk Music Journal Vol. 12; no. 5; pp. 75 - 86
Main Author: BOURSNELL, MIKE
Format: Article
Published: English Folk Dance & Song Society 2025
Subjects:
Folk music
DNA
Organisms
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic models
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