Who’s related to whom? Use published phylogenies and make customized tree-thinking assessments
Abstract A phylogeny depicts the hypothesized evolutionary relationships among taxa as a nested hierarchical branching diagram. Interpreting the relationships among taxa on a phylogeny is part of a set of skills called tree-thinking. Because published phylogenies are not constructed for the purpose...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-09-01
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Series: | Evolution: Education and Outreach |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12052-020-00134-8 |