Finally, birds and mammals belong to a richly branching part of the vertebrate phylogenetic tree, most of the branches ... given to outstanding novelties in evolution which have originated ...

The study of early vertebrates is a fascinating area of evolutionary biology that explores the origins and diversification of jawed vertebrates, which include modern fish, amphibians, reptiles ...

This activity focuses on vertebrates, evolutionary trees and evolutionary relationships. It’s based on the work being carried out at The University of Oxford where researchers are using x-ray ...

Evolutionary trees show how different species have evolved ... diagram is the bottom where there was a common ancestor for all vertebrates. We are not sure what animal this is.

Research in our group investigates a number of questions central to understanding animal evolution and development: What determines the lifelong regenerative capacity of some animal lineages ? How the ...

While walking through the rise of vertebrates in Evolving Planet or exploring the connections of all life through our genes in The DNA Discovery Center, one cannot help but try and comprehend the tree ...

The results have helped answer questions on when these ancient, jawless fish branched-off the vertebrate evolutionary tree. The discovery is incredibly important as it changes our view of the ...

A groundbreaking University of Bristol study has shed light on how lizards and snakes -the most diverse group of land vertebrates ... led by a team of evolutionary biologists and published in ...

According to a study published in the journal Cell, ancient viruses may have contributed to the development of myelin and, ...