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
"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
By integrating phylogenetic data and comparative analyses, the research team discovered that nectaries originated concurrently in ferns and angiosperms, but ferns experienced a significant lag in diversification compared to their flowering plant counterparts.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 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
I am of the opinion that these primal phantasies—so I should like to term these, and certainly some others also—are a phylogenetic possession.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
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