Creating a family tree that dates back more than 400 million years and details the evolution of the most diverse group of animals on the planet is no easy feat, but one ambitious group of scientists ...

Scientists have published the largest nematode phylogenetic tree up until now. It contains over 1,200 species and is entirely based on the analysis of DNA sequence data. Scientists from Wageningen ...

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A new measure of morphological distance is used to estimate morphological and phylogenetic relations among the Darwin's finches. The measure, B, is based on a model for multivariate evolution (Lande, ...