Sentences with phrase «of phylogenetic data»

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«Despite an inability to demonstrate the monophyly of all Strombus subgenera, phylogenetic relationships inferred here using molecular data generally support the taxonomic classifications proposed by Abbott.»

The team combined the new fossil evidence with previously collected genetic data from living birds to update the phylogenetic tree of bird evolution.

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.

Professor Pisani concluded: «Phylogenomics, the use of genomic data in phylogenetics, is a relatively new science.

Stankowich et al. used natural history data, including range overlap with potential predators, body size, and activity patterns, in conjunction with comparative phylogenetic analyses on 181 species of mammals to identify patterns of predation risk that could have contributed to the evolution of these two defensive strategies.

«To test these different hypotheses and determine the phylogenetic position of the new primate, we developed a massive data matrix including more than 1000 anatomical characters and scored for 157 mammals,» says Dr. Jin Meng.

«We used a combination of methods, including epidemiological data and phylogenetic data, to understand the changes in incident diagnoses in a population,» Dr. Mehta said.

An international team from 8 countries, led by animal ecologist Satoshi Ohdachi at Hokkaido University, analyzed the phylogenetic information (including existing data) of 169 house shrews.

Computational genomics includes: bio-sequence analysis, gene expression data analysis, phylogenetic analysis, and more specifically pattern recognition and analysis problems such as gene finding, motif finding, gene function prediction, fusion of sequence and expression information, and evolutionary models.

Using this data, studies analyzed the phylogenetic relationship of birds and explored aspects of avian biology.

A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds: Taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data

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.

«To test these different hypotheses and determine the phylogenetic position of the new primate, we developed a massive data matrix including more than 1000 anatomical characters and scored for 157 mammals,» said Dr. Jin Meng.

Estimating the distribution of selection coefficients from phylogenetic data with applications to mitochondrial and viral DNA Nielsen, R. and Z. Yang.

Estimating the distribution of selection coefficients from phylogenetic data with applications to mitochondrial and viral DNA.

By integrating the sequence data and the associated metadata, we have established laboratory and bioinformatics - based methods that enable us to investigate scientific questions including: the tropism of ZIKV for dendritic cells and the antiviral response of the cells during infection (Bowen et al. 2017); investigating the phylogenetic diversity of strains obtained by Biodefense and Emerging Infections (BEI) Resources and distributed to virologists (manuscript in preparation); the genetic determinants of ZIKV host adaptation in C6 / 36 mosquito vs. Vero cells; and the diversity of ZIKV circulating in limited geographic regions, including Barbados, Colombia, and the state of Chiapas, Mexico.

PNNL will target new data acquisition to specific taxa that are currently underrepresented, hoping to double the phylogenetic diversity of the dataset.

A phylogenetic analysis of the OsDwf4 and D11 - like genes from S. viridis was performed (Figure 4A; Supplemental Data Set 2).

We therefore performed two independent phylogenetic analyses based on larger subsets of the nuclear data, whole - exome sequences and all polymorphic sites, to reconstruct the most likely relationships between ancient and modern horses.

«The range of plug - ins is tremendous: interaction data sets, SNPs, phylogenetic data... Go over and check it out.»

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.

The scale and scope of these data are enabling genotype - phenotype association studies to identify genetic determinants of pathogen virulence and drug / insecticide resistance, and phylogenetic studies to track the origin and spread of disease outbreaks.

Anyone can download the source - code from GitHub, run genetic - sequencing data for the outbreak they are following through the pipeline and build a web page showing a phylogenetic tree, or genetic history, of the outbreak.

Phylogenetic position of Nemertea derived from phylogenomic data.

Phylogenetic position of phylum Nemertini, inferred from 18s rRNA sequences: Molecular data as a test of morphological character homology.

The phylogenetic position of Brachiopoda - a comparison of morphological and molecular data.