Phylogeny seeks to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships among organisms, genes or traits by interpreting patterns of shared ancestry. Comparative analysis uses those phylogenetic frameworks to ...

Phylogenetic analysis explores the evolutionary relationships between organisms and is a vital foundation for microbial studies. The development of reliable phylogenetic trees is an important step in ...

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the ...

Our understanding of phylogeny – the shape of the tree of life – is constantly evolving, and it’ll continue to evolve as long as new data keeps coming in and so long as we continue to generate ...

Focus: The phylogenetics of all major centipede groups based on novel morphological and molecular data Our research on centipedes (Chilopoda) includes studies on deep phylogeny and phylogeography, the ...

Phylogeny, as a biological process, refers to the historical pattern of lineage splitting and character change that generates the evolutionary relationships among organisms or genes over time. It ...