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- Title
Phylogeny: The science and underlying data.
- Authors
WORTLEY, ALEXANDRA H.
- Abstract
This article explains the nature of some of the phylogenetic data underlying a 2010 'Phylogeny Weekend' from the viewpoint of a scientist. Phylogenies are a way of visualising inferred evolutionary relationships between organisms, making them intelligible and useful. They may be based upon morphological or genetic data, and are constructed through a series of steps, outlined below, and reliant upon a series of assumptions. I describe how phylogenies are used in my work, to interpret the evolution of plant characters such as the nature of pollen grains. I also explain how the guided walk, Plant Routes, was developed to provide an interactive exploration of phylogeny at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
- Subjects
PHYLOGENY; BIOLOGICAL evolution; GENETIC databases; PLANT genetics; POLLEN; ROYAL Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Company)
- Publication
Ubiquity (2045-6271), 2012, Vol 1, Issue 1, p104
- ISSN
2045-6271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/ubiq.1.1.104_7