evolutionary tree

collocation in English

meaningsofevolutionaryandtree

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evolutionary
adjective
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/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/us
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
relating to the way in which living things develop over millions ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofevolutionaryandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nevertheless, individual susceptible or resistant accessions occurred at all levels within theevolutionarytreeof wheat.
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The peculiar and fundamental position of cephalochordates in theevolutionarytreemakes them a key link for the study of the evolution of glycan structures.
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Darwin had originally suggested that there would be strong similarity between anevolutionarytreebased on genetics and one based on language.
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Margoliash's work revolved around cytochrome c, a small heme-protein conserved across the wholeevolutionarytree.
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When we use star alignment, theevolutionarytreehas only one internal node and n leaf nodes.
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However, it has proven difficult to establish their position within the amnioteevolutionarytree.
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The algorithm is often used as a subroutine in a search for a maximum likelihood estimate for anevolutionarytree.
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For example, parsimony is the best way to produce anevolutionarytreeof the species (cladistics), suggesting that parsimonious adaptations are selected.
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It can also be used to provide error estimates for the parameters describing anevolutionarytree.
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Phylogenetic analyses have become essential to research on theevolutionarytreeof life.
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Lineages are subsets of theevolutionarytreeof life.
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The actual incidence of social monogamy varies greatly across different branches of theevolutionarytree.
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The salient feature is arranging taxa in a hierarchicalevolutionarytree, ignoring ranks.
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The pages are linked hierarchically, in the form of the branchingevolutionarytreeof life, organized cladistically.
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The phylogenetic trees constructed by computational methods are unlikely to perfectly reproduce theevolutionarytreethat represents the historical relationships between the species being analyzed.
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On theevolutionarytreeshown during the program, a fifth species, the desert dragon is identified by name only, and the program does not theorize about its possible evolutionary path.
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This find is an important discovery in mammal evolution, because of where it fits in theevolutionarytreeof mammals and because of its ecological niche.
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Another change is theevolutionarytree.
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At the end of his career the majority of his work was directed towards the development of a relationship between intelligence and placement on anevolutionarytree.
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