In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species - the "family tree" of Life. Phylogenetic trees not only describe the evolution of a group of ...

Clayton E. Cressler, Marguerite A. Butler, Aaron A. King, Detecting Adaptive Evolution in Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis Using the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Model, Systematic Biology, Vol. 64, No. 6 ...

Streamlining genetic analysis for phylogenetic studies Date: January 23, 2025 Source: Hokkaido University Summary: A new computational tool improves the analysis of genetic data, making it easier ...

By updating the family tree for birds, the scientists show evolutionary patterns that formed following the cataclysmic mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago ...

By employing full genome data across 363 bird species, this is the largest-ever dataset used for phylogenetic analyses of birds. The team built a new pipeline to extract over 150,000 regions ...

The other tool that came out of their research is a puzzle-based game called Build A Tree, in which players create their own phylogenetic trees from a set of species and a list of shared traits ...

A coding sequence of 1130 base pairs was used to build phylogenetic trees that supported the existence of four distinct PEPC gene lineages. Ppc-C₄ present in all C₄ grasses was also found in two C₃ ...

Using the new computer model, the team analyzed the phylogenetic tree - evolutionary tree - of archosauromorphs and compared it against dispersal routes that were based on landscape connectivity.