Phylogenetic trees are fractal in the sense that the same ... For instance, if you are told that mammals share a more recent common ancestor with lizards than with sharks, and if "mammals" refers ...

They also used age estimates for numerous fossil mammals to calibrate their time tree. "We need to have calibrations to input into the analysis so that we know, for example, that elephants and ...

In addition to counting the number of mammal species that have ... or in other words, its phylogenetic diversity. If you think of life like a tree, then this evolutionary uniqueness is akin ...

A study explores loss and recovery of mammal phylogenetic diversity (PD) during the current mass extinction. PD, the amount of unique evolutionary history in the tree of life, is considered a ...

a group of mammals that consists of treeshrews, primates, and colugos. To clarify just where Mixodectes fits on the evolutionary tree, the team conducted two phylogenetic analyses. One analysis ...

To determine where Mixodectes pungens fits on the evolutionary tree, the research team conducted two phylogenetic analyses ..

It is generally accepted that the tree of life for mammals was ... varying hypotheses on the divergent times and phylogenetic relationships of Mammalia and its subgroups (Fig.

Relative change in body mass per Myr, indicating increase in body mass in semi-aquatic and fully aquatic mammals: (a) without hyperprior on µ 0; (b) adding hyperprior on µ 0.Colored silhouettes ...

By comparing the phylogenetic tree of the genus Near horn beast derived ... is today and did not become a barrier to the movement of mammals.