Sentences with phrase «created phylogenetic»

The study authors created a phylogenetic tree, calculating that the Bajau and Saluans diverged about 15,000 years ago, suggesting that the Bajau - unique genetic variants evolved some time after this divergence.

Farrell analyzed highly conserved DNA sequences from 115 species of the herbivorous beetle subfamilies, sampling up to six species from each, to create a phylogenetic tree showing the likely evolutionary relationships of today's beetles and when they diverged from common ancestors.

Not exact matches

To better understand how frogs evolved, scientists created a new phylogenetic tree — a branching diagram of evolutionary relationships — using data from hundreds of frog genomes.

These bursts were found in phylogenetic trees created for 22 microbial communities, chosen to represent a breadth of habitat types: plant, marine, and human gut and skin.

To better determine the history of modern birds, we performed a genome - scale phylogenetic analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves using phylogenomic methods created to handle genome - scale data.

Account for phylogenetic relatedness by creating a «family tree» that shows the linkages among various plants.

Drawing on Darwin's theory of evolution, Haeckel created the first Darwinian phylogenetic «tree of life» of organisms exactly 150 years ago in Jena, and published it in his major work, the «General morphology of organisms».

These include: 1) finding and describing new fossils in Precambrian strata, 2) using analytical tools to examine those fossils in order to determine taxonomic affinity, taphonomy, functional morphology, and paleoecology, 3) using modern analogs to determine phylogenetic relationships and physiology of early eukaryotes and animals, and 4) combining multiple sources of data to create a timeline of biotic and abiotic events in the Precambrian.