phylogenetic
Americanadjective
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Although phylogenetic trees often point to a single early group that later gave rise to modern Australian marsupials, the fossil evidence appears less tidy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
This variation in the plants' functional diversity would presumably also be reflected in their phylogenetic diversity, i.e. how closely they are related to one another.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
To evaluate evolutionary trends, the researchers applied phylogenetic comparative methods to assess phenotypic and lineage diversification, while disparity analyses quantified the extent of morphological variation across anglerfish clades and habitats.
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 medial migration of the thoracic artery appears to have some phylogenetic significance as yet not understood."
From Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae by Marion Anne Jenkinson
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