A new computational tool improves the analysis of genetic data, making it easier and faster to study the evolutionary relationships between species. A new computational tool improves the analysis of ...

Published in Current Biology, a new method from scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) harnesses ‘jumping genes’ to recreate the termite tree of life, showcasing a new ...

The branching structure of biological evolution confers statistical dependencies on phenotypic trait values in related organisms. For this reason, comparative macroevolutionary studies usually begin ...