«Thanks to the rich fern fossil data and a large amount of DNA information from living species, we were able to test multiple competing evolutionary models for the first time by using new analytical methods,» says Professor Alexandre Antonelli from the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre (GGBC) who participated in the study. (sciencedaily.com)
The study opens new analytical methods for a whole class of biomolecules. (sciencedaily.com)
Using a new analytical method, they identified which vertebrate species the bugs had parasitized by isolating fragments of DNA left over from blood meals. (scientificamerican.com)