Phylogenetic analysis underpins modern evolutionary biology by constructing trees that illustrate the relationships among species and genes. Gene tree reconciliation extends these analyses by aligning ...

Just as bird watchers may use binoculars to add to their species lists, scientists interested in bird evolution may use computational tools to clarify avian lineages. Indeed, such tools have enabled ...

Genomic data have had a profound impact on nearly every biological discipline. In systematics and phylogenetics, the thousands of loci that are now being sequenced can be analyzed under the ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

An analysis of millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes finds that recombination of the virus is uncommon, but when it occurs, it is most often in the spike protein region, the area which allows the virus to ...

A new computational tool improves the analysis of genetic data, making it easier and faster to study the evolutionary relationships between species. A new computational tool improves the analysis of ...

In 1990, a farmer in central China stumbled on a skull so battered it looked more like a pancake than a fossil. For decades, ...

A research team has demonstrated that spectroscopy combined with partial least squares regression (PLSR) can accurately ...

New genus and species of plant discovered, Ovicula biradiata, is called a "woolly devil" because it appears to have tiny ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Evolutionary relationships are represented by phylogenetic trees, and a phylogenetic analysis of gene sequences typically produces a ...

Learn more about the volcanic island of Nishinoshima and how its frequent eruptions are helping scientists understand how ...