phylogenetic
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The next stage involved a phylogenetic analysis in which kissing was coded as a trait and placed onto the primate family tree.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025
"Discovery of these minute fossils tells us this group of insects has been in Aotearoa New Zealand for at least 15 million years. This provides a well-dated calibration point for molecular phylogenetic studies."
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
Even sophisticated methods of tracing family trees, or phylogenetic analysis, can be misled by a single “rogue” piece of DNA, he notes.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 31, 2024
The results corroborated the systematic membership of Dermaptera to Polyneoptera and strongly supported the phylogeny within the order, which was inferred from the latest molecular phylogenetic analyses but was significantly different from the conventional understanding.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024
Hypothesized phylogenetic relationships of the species of Smilisca.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
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