The newly compiled tree of life will help scientists piece together the origins of flowering plants and inform future conservation efforts. Around 90 per cent of land-dwelling plants are ones that ...

In DNA, adenine always pairs with thymine (A-T), and guanine always pairs with cytosine ... has revolutionized our understanding of the tree of life and the mechanisms of evolution.

Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, ...

These selfish genetic elements are major agents of gene ... Pattern pluralism and the Tree of Life hypothesis. PNAS 104, 2043–2049 (2007) Embley, T. M. & Martin, W. Eukaryotic evolution, changes ...

To help you explore this tree and understand ... our version of the game of life. Start by building your own phylogenetic trees by analyzing the traits and DNA that characterize selected species.

The genetic work should show how species relate ... "It’s a pipefish," says Kes Scott-Somme, a research assistant on the Darwin Tree of Life project. "It's basically like a stretched-out seahorse.

Students use both morphology and analysis of DNA sequences to identify relationships ... us understand how evolution has shaped life on Earth. Deep Tree: Students explore an interactive tree ...

Because of the great diversity among viruses, biologists have struggled with how to classify these entities and how to relate them to the conventional tree of life. They may represent genetic ...

As we sequence more and more and more diverse lineages, I think we’re going to find more and more cases. Now, Rokas says, he thinks that DNA is not only moving around the tree of life, but it’s moving ...

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