What do phylogenetic trees illustrate? These diagrams don't just organize knowledge of biodiversity - they also show us that living species are the summation of their evolutionary history.

“Evolution isn't just a story about where ... s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. “Understanding phylogenetic trees can be difficult, but we’re working to make it more accessible ...

Everywhere you go on this planet—on land, underground, in the air, and in the water—you’ll find life that has been shaped by evolution. In NOVA’s Evolution Lab, students will explore the ...

A research team led by University of Michigan evolutionary biologist Yin-Long Qiu has new findings that help resolve long-debated questions about the origin and evolution of land plants.

Bacterial DNA isolated from a 120-year-old preserved plant cutting helped reconstruct the history of Pierce’s disease in ...

and their collaborators explored the link between tree radial growth and evolutionary relationships (i.e., phylogeny), especially under stress conditions such as drought. They used Blomberg's K ...

Deciduous tree species ... Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities, Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02589-0 ...