phylogeny

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They report that many glands that were located in close physical proximity in the uterine wall displayed distant phylogeny.

From Nature

“There is no way you can make that claim just from the phylogeny alone.”

From Science Magazine

One critical piece of information used in the study was a conifer phylogeny—that is, a genetic history of when the various conifer families, genera and species diverged from one another.

From Scientific American

The researchers then created a phylogeny—a huge family tree—of all the creatures to determine what their ancestors likely ate.

From Science Magazine

Proteins that persisted in tooth enamel for nearly 1.8 million years helped to clarify the phylogeny of an ancient rhinoceros found in Dmanisi, Georgia.Credit:

From Nature