The early lineages of hexapods (broadly defined insects) have long been debated. Researchers at University of Tsukuba and ...

Arachnid evolution involved multiple land transitions, not just one. Spiders and scorpions evolved key traits through gene ...

Main tree: Ancestral range reconstruction with use of DEC+J model based on the phylogeny derived from BEAST2. Pie charts at the nodes indicate relative likelihood of ancestral ranges of most recent ...

Our results showed that the degree of specialization for caterpillars took the following order: phylogenetic>polyphenol>mechanical, such that insect specificity was explained best by host phylogeny ...

Thaxterogaster is the second largest genus within the family Cortinariaceae, comprising nearly 200 species worldwide. However, the diversity of the genus in China remains largely unknown. Based on ...

This study is led by Dr. Zhu L. Yang (Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of ...

Molecular phylogeny using 6 genes uncovered six major clades within the family, along with numerous unresolved taxonomic issues. Dating of cladogenetic events and ancestral range estimation traced the ...

A recent paper provides an updated perspective on the evolutionary history of chelicerates—a diverse and ecologically ...

From the 1940s, the ability to examine genetic material gave rise to a new type of classification, called phylogeny. The phylogenetic method groups or separates organisms based on how much of their ...