Evolutionary tree of life for mammals greatly improved
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Biologists have released a large and robust DNA matrix that has representation for all mammalian families. The matrix -- the culmination of about five years of painstaking research -- has representatives for 99 percent of mammalian families, and covers not only the earliest history of mammalian diversification but also all the deepest divergences among living mammals.