Zoraptera, an order of insects that includes angel insects, has defied accurate taxonomic description since 1913.

Phylogenetic analysis encompasses the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships among organisms or genes, typically represented as branching diagrams known as phylogenetic trees. Modern workflows ...

In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that ...

Phylogenetic patterns of diversification and extinction reveal the mechanisms by which life radiates into novel forms and, conversely, succumbs to environmental or competitive pressures. Analyses of ...

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

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations can give us clues to the order in which species diverge. However, even ...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Before Animals -- 2. Phylogenetics and the Base of the Animal Tree of Life -- 3. Ctenophora -- 4 ...