Constructing a broadly inclusive seed plant phylogeny.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1019
Abstract: PREMISE OF THE STUDY Large phylogenies can help shed light on macroevolutionary patterns that inform our understanding of fundamental processes that shape the tree of life. These phylogenies also serve as tools that facilitate other… read more here.
Keywords: seed; plant phylogeny; phylogeny; tree life ... See more keywords
A roadmap for global synthesis of the plant tree of life.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1041
Abstract: Providing science and society with an integrated, up-to-date, high quality, open, reproducible and sustainable plant tree of life would be a huge service that is now coming within reach. However, synthesizing the growing body of… read more here.
Keywords: plant; plant tree; roadmap global; tree life ... See more keywords
Extraction of phenotypic traits from taxonomic descriptions for the tree of life using natural language processing
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DOI: 10.1002/aps3.1035
Abstract: Premise of the Study Phenotypic data sets are necessary to elucidate the genealogy of life, but assembling phenotypic data for taxa across the tree of life can be technically challenging and prohibitively time consuming. We… read more here.
Keywords: taxonomic descriptions; phenotypic; natural language; tree life ... See more keywords
Two or three domains: a new view of tree of life in the genomics era
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DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8831-x
Abstract: The deep phylogenetic topology of tree of life is in the center of a long-time dispute. The Woeseian three-domain tree theory, with the Eukarya evolving as a sister clade to Archaea, competes with the two-domain… read more here.
Keywords: two three; domains new; three domains; new view ... See more keywords
The past, present and future of the tree of life
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.052
Abstract: The advent of comparative genomics in the late 1990s led to the discovery of extensive lateral gene transfer in prokaryotes. The resulting debate over whether life as a whole is best represented as a tree… read more here.
Keywords: future tree; tree life; present future; life ... See more keywords
Hiding in the lianas of the tree of life: Molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation reveal considerable cryptic diversity of New World Vine Snakes.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.022
Abstract: The Brown Vine Snake, Oxybelis aeneus, is considered a single species despite the fact its distribution covers an estimated 10% of the Earth's land surface, inhabiting a variety of ecosystems throughout North, Central, and South… read more here.
Keywords: lianas tree; hiding lianas; vine; species delimitation ... See more keywords
Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45119-z
Abstract: Human-driven extinction threatens entire lineages across the Tree of Life. Here we assess the conservation status of jawed vertebrate evolutionary history, using three policy-relevant approaches. First, we calculate an index of threat to overall evolutionary… read more here.
Keywords: history; conservation; conservation status; tree life ... See more keywords
Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms
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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07324-0
Abstract: Angiosperms are the cornerstone of most terrestrial ecosystems and human livelihoods1,2. A robust understanding of angiosperm evolution is required to explain their rise to ecological dominance. So far, the angiosperm tree of life has been… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; phylogenomics rise; rise angiosperms; tree life ... See more keywords
Sensitive protein alignments at tree-of-life scale using DIAMOND
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DOI: 10.1038/s41592-021-01101-x
Abstract: We are at the beginning of a genomic revolution in which all known species are planned to be sequenced. Accessing such data for comparative analyses is crucial in this new age of data-driven biology. Here,… read more here.
Keywords: protein alignments; life scale; diamond; tree life ... See more keywords
SpermTree, a species-level database of sperm morphology spanning the animal tree of life
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DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01131-w
Abstract: Sperm are the most morphologically variable cell type known, despite performing the same functional role of fertilizing eggs across all sexually reproducing species. Sperm morphology commonly varies among individuals, populations, closely related species, and across… read more here.
Keywords: tree life; animal tree; sperm morphology; morphology ... See more keywords
Darwinian genomics and diversity in the tree of life
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115644119
Abstract: Genomics encompasses the entire tree of life, both extinct and extant, and the evolutionary processes that shape this diversity. To date, genomic research has focused on humans, a small number of agricultural species, and established… read more here.
Keywords: life; genomics diversity; darwinian genomics; tree life ... See more keywords