- biology,
phylogenetics (/ˌfaɪloʊdʒəˈnɛtɪks, -lə-/) is the
study of the
evolutionary history of life
using genetics,
which is
known as
phylogenetic inference...
- A
phylogenetic tree,
phylogeny or
evolutionary tree is a
graphical representation which shows the
evolutionary history between a set of
species or taxa...
- In
phylogenetics,
basal is the
direction of the base (or root) of a
rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram. The term may be more
strictly applied only to...
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Phylogenetic nomenclature is a
method of
nomenclature for taxa in
biology that uses
phylogenetic definitions for
taxon names as
explained below. This contrasts...
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Molecular phylogenetics (/məˈlɛkjʊlər ˌfaɪloʊdʒəˈnɛtɪks, mɒ-, moʊ-/) is the
branch of
phylogeny that
analyzes genetic,
hereditary molecular differences...
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Phylogenetic diversity is a
measure of
biodiversity which incorporates phylogenetic difference between species. It is
defined and
calculated as "the sum...
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evolution and the
consequent phylogenetic approach to taxa, we
should replace it with a 'smallest clade' idea" (a
phylogenetic species concept). Mishler...
- In
phylogenetics and com****tional
phylogenetics,
maximum parsimony is an
optimality criterion under which the
phylogenetic tree that
minimizes the total...
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Phylogenetic bracketing is a
method of
inference used in
biological sciences. It is used to
infer the
likelihood of
unknown traits in
organisms based on...
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Phylogenetic autocorrelation also
known as Galton's problem,
after Sir
Francis Galton who
described it, is the
problem of
drawing inferences from cross-cultural...
