Thus, understanding the evolutionary history of living species amounts to understanding where on the tree of life these species' distinctive traits arose. Moreover, phylogenetic trees serve as ...

Viral genomes represent essential elements of the phylogeny of life and have played important ... for genomic classification within the phylogenetic tree, are not polyphyletic and are capable ...

According to an article published in the journal PNAS, different lineages of amoebae and ancestors of plants, algae and ...

A recent study suggests that by the Neoproterozoic period, distinct lineages of amoebae, as well as the ancestors of plants, ...

Study uncovered evidence of diverse species living 800 million years ago, revealing early evolution and suggesting life ...

“Understanding phylogenetic trees can be difficult ... experience some of the evolutionary wonders contained in the tree of life." The other tool that came out of their research is a puzzle ...

Deep Tree: Students explore an interactive tree of life and trace the shared ancestry ... Lab with an understanding of how to build phylogenetic trees and the evidence for evolution.

The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in ...

The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in ...

The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in avian functional diversity -- a measure of the range of different roles and ...

Work in the Katz lab aims to elucidate principles of eukaryotic evolution through phylogenetic reconstruction ... We are currently focusing on four aspects of the evolution of eukaryotic microbes: ...

Scientists in the capital city of Jerusalem, Israel, have grown a 10-foot-tall tree from a 1,000-year-old seed discovered in ...