Global ‘tree of life’ study shows insects ruled Earth 400 million years ...
2014年11月6日 · A new study involving more than 100 researchers from 10 countries, including the Florida Museum of Natural History, has reconstructed the insect tree of life and found, among other things, that insects ruled the land 400 million years ago.
Building the insect tree-of-life | Nature Reviews Genetics
2014年11月18日 · novel approaches were used to produce a robust phylogenomic tree of insects. Notably, the data indicate that insect flight first occurred ~406 million years ago and that diversification...
Insecta - Tree of Life Web Project
This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms. The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of …
Insect Family Tree Maps 400-Million-Year Evolution
2014年11月6日 · Creating a family tree that dates back more than 400 million years and details the evolution of the most diverse group of animals on the planet is no easy feat, but one ambitious group of...
Landmark study on the evolution of insects | ScienceDaily
Understanding how insects are related uncovers their true ecological, economic, and medical importance, and, until now, has been largely unknown. The unprecedented results reconstruct the...
In the renowned journal Science, an international team of researchers now for the first time present a widely branched insect tree of life. These fundamental research results may lead to valuable appli-cations in biotechnology or agriculture.
The new insect tree of life – DW – 11/10/2014 - dw.com
2014年11月10日 · Scientists show for the first time that insects appeared on earth some 480 million years ago. They were able to adapt to environmental changes quickly and became the world's largest and most ...
Global ‘tree of life’ study shows insects ruled Earth 400M years ago
2014年11月10日 · A new study involving more than 100 researchers from 10 countries, including the University of Florida, has reconstructed the insect tree of life and found, among other things, that insects ruled the land 400 million years ago.
The results of this collaborative effort of >100 researchers indicate that insects first colonized land alongside the first terrestrial plants ~479 million years ago, a date far earlier than...
The Insect Tree Of Life - Science 2.0
2014年11月10日 · The new reconstruction of the insect tree of life was possible by contributions of more than 100 experts in molecular biology, insect morphology, paleontology, insect taxonomy, evolution, embryology bioinformatics and scientific computing.