Fish don’t exist. In her novel “Why Fish Don’t Exist,” Lulu Miller points out that a true “fish” clade containing an ancestor ...

As a result, the tree structure is extremely helpful in tracking biological diversity at all levels. Most phylogenetic trees are rooted, meaning that one branch (which is usually unlabeled ...

The researchers reported a statistically significant increase in microbial richness (Chao1 index) and phylogenetic diversity ...

Moreover, phylogenetic trees serve as extremely powerful tools for organizing this knowledge of biological diversity. In biology, the concept of relatedness is defined in terms of recency to a ...

Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study led by researchers at the University of Göttingen ...

Depending on the selective pressures exerted by humans, some islands, such as New Zealand, harbor greater functional and ...

Analyzing nearly 270,000 seed plant species worldwide, the research highlights the roles of environmental conditions and ...