Phylogenetic classification and evolutionary analysis have transformed the study of biodiversity by shifting from traditional rank-based systems to a framework centred on shared ancestry and descent.
New research is significantly revising a widely cited evolutionary model, the Inhibitory Cascade Mode (ICM). Benjamin Auerbach, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the ...
The order Coleoptera, encompassing more than 400 000 described species, represents the most diverse radiation of multicellular organisms. Phylogenetic frameworks for beetles have historically rested ...
How will life on Earth and the ecosystems that support it adapt to climate change? Which species will go extinct – or evolve into something new? How will microbes develop further resistance to ...