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Phylogenetics

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noun

(1) The study of phylogeny.

(2) The study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices.


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Word origin: Greek from the terms phyle/phylon (meaning "tribe, race,") and genetikos (meaning "relative to birth" from genesis ("birth").


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The woman who evolved into a single celled organism

Hi all, first time poster here, trying to find someone who has heard this same story and can remember the woman's name. I was told this story by a phylogenetics lecturer and I love to use it in debates or to spark people's interest in science, but not being able to remember her name makes it difficult ...

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by NaturalScientist
Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:32 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The woman who evolved into a single celled organism
Replies: 5
Views: 41

Cladistics vs Phylogenetics

... and my first year biology class is focused on Zoology. My question today is can anyone clearly explain the difference between Cladistics and Phylogenetics? I can see that there are some differences between the two systems, but there also appears to be some overlap. This can make it difficult ...

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by Chroma
Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:03 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Cladistics vs Phylogenetics
Replies: 1
Views: 114

Re: Unknown Spider

... in order to identify by the palp hooks or mating claspers. A very interesting problem, as some of the work a friend of mine is doing on tarantula phylogenetics is finding many apparent 'cryptic' species. Some people are finding the fact unacceptable, the fact that is that many female North American ...

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by Zach
Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:08 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Unknown Spider
Replies: 3
Views: 466

Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... the power thereof. AFJ, you had such good questions I had to answer them with what I have. Human speciation seriously has an Adam and Eve in it. Phylogenetics helps reconstruct them. From the theory: From http://theoryofid.blogspot.com/ Chromosome Speciation (Human, Fruit Fly) One giant chromosome ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat May 23, 2009 6:05 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Replies: 106
Views: 27049

Phylogenetics book

Any phylogeneticists out there? I did a Masters degree in phylogenetics many years ago but have since gone on to other genetic things. I'm considering a (partial) return, though, and I realize some significant advances have been made since I dabbled in ...

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by wbla3335
Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:29 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Phylogenetics book
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