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

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 ...

"I would say that any modern biologist would, or should, say that birds are reptiles," Martin Stervander, an evolutionary ...

Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and ...

Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and between the atmosphere and biosphere, and they help researchers and ...

The researchers used several methods to explore the position of Baminornis zhenghensis in the evolutionary tree of birds. The ...

The tool, called PsiPartition, improves both the computational efficiency of the data analysis and the accuracy of the phylogenetic trees that visualize these relationships. The novel method was ...

Researchers developed a method to detail the incredible influence plants have on the movement of Earth's water Golden hour ...

These studies often utilize genetic, morphological, and fossil data to construct phylogenetic trees, which visually represent these relationships. Recent advancements in technology and methodology ...

The PsiPartition phylogenetic tree (bottom) for four moth species in Noctuidae, compared to a tree constructed in a different software (top). The PsiPartition tree is different, and possibly more ...

A research team led by Professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the ...