From Brittle Stars Grows a 'Tree of Life': How Genes Trace Life on Earth
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By Tim O'Hara, Museums Victoria A complete tree of life – showing how and when organisms are related to each other – has long been desired by biologists, but obscured by the vagaries of the fossil record. Now, next-generation gene sequencing, capable of sequencing hundreds of millions of pieces of DNA, is not only revolutionising human medicine and agriculture, but also transforming our understanding about the origins and distribution of life on Earth.
From Brittle Stars Grows a 'Tree of Life': How Genes Trace Life on Earth
From Brittle Stars Grows a 'Tree of Life…
From Brittle Stars Grows a 'Tree of Life': How Genes Trace Life on Earth
By Tim O'Hara, Museums Victoria A complete tree of life – showing how and when organisms are related to each other – has long been desired by biologists, but obscured by the vagaries of the fossil record. Now, next-generation gene sequencing, capable of sequencing hundreds of millions of pieces of DNA, is not only revolutionising human medicine and agriculture, but also transforming our understanding about the origins and distribution of life on Earth.