phylogenetics
Americannoun
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Molecular phylogenetics has provided many insights into the evolution of genes.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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
Inspired by the visionary musings of Francis Crick, Linus Pauling and Emile Zuckerkandl, Woese committed himself to molecular phylogenetics at a time when this powerful approach to the study of evolution was in its infancy.
From Nature ● Jul. 30, 2018
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