phylogenetic
Americanadjective
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It was particularly surprising that more than half of the plots had a higher level of functional than phylogenetic diversity.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
"Therefore, effective environmental protection means more than just protecting the most species-rich sites. Instead, both functional and phylogenetic diversity must be considered," concludes Bruelheide.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
Van Holstein used Bayesian modelling and phylogenetic analyses to show that, like other vertebrates, most hominin species formed when competition for resources or space were low.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 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
Since the simplest plants are cells and the more complex ones are formed from cells, a whole phylogenetic line may be regarded as a series of cell generations following one after another.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
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