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 three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, ...

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

Electrical engineers have developed a better way to perform the comparative analysis of entire genomes. This approach can be used to study relationships between different species across geological ...

To understand what occurred along the vertebrate evolutionary tree between fish and mammals, the researchers looked at the activity of those same enhancers in frogs and lizards. In frog tadpoles ...

In a new study involving whole-genome data, researchers present “CASTER,” a tool that uses arrangements in DNA sequences known as site patterns to infer “species trees,” which are diagrams that depict ...

Researchers say strategy will help understand the history of life, monitor the spread of pathogens or create new treatments for disease.

To study mammal evolution and reproductive life history ... size of as many species as possible across the mammalian family tree and then use mathematical algorithms to look for patterns.

In a new study involving whole-genome data, researchers present "CASTER," a tool that uses arrangements in DNA sequences known as site patterns to ...