EUGENE, Ore. - A study published in the Oct. 21 Nature shows that the most widely used method for constructing the tree of life from DNA sequences is prone to error ...

Properly deciphering the branching pathways of evolution could unlock the history of every component of natural biology.

All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

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