phylogenetics
Americannoun
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Now, he’s hoping to develop next-generation algorithms for something called Bayesian phylogenetics — where he’ll find a group of trees, or diagrams, that credibly explain data, as well as their probabilities of being correct.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021
Best writing: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, by David Quammen, explains crucial advances in the field of molecular phylogenetics, including the discovery of archaea, a whole new category of life.
From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2018
He was talking about molecular phylogenetics, without yet using that phrase, and he hoped by this technique to look back at least three billion years.
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2018
With the advancement of molecular technologies, modern phylogenetics is now informed by genetic and molecular analyses, in addition to traditional morphological and fossil data.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
For this reason, some in the phylogenetics field have stopped working on criminal cases altogether or are extremely selective about the cases they take on.
From Nature • Feb. 26, 2014
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