With the genetics of so many organisms that have different traits yet to study, and with the techniques for gathering full sets of genetic information from organisms rapidly evolving, the "forest" of ...

We evaluated the potential effects of homoplasy, ancestral polymorphism, and hybridization as obstacles to resolving phylogenetic relationships within Nomonyx-Oxyura stiff-tailed ducks (Oxyurinae; ...

Homoplasy is a fascinating and unusual occurrence in evolution. It is the independent acquisition of the same trait in unrelated lineages. To understand whether multiple organisms share the same trait ...

An ancient reptile has found its rightful place on the family tree, far from a fish-eating crocodile it so closely resembles. The thoracosaur — a dinosaur-era reptile — and the Indian gharial Gavialis ...

A review looks at the status of chloroplast simple sequence repeats or microsatellites in plant genetics, exploring their risks, benefits, and use in future studies. While many research labs are ...

Evans, T. M., Faden, Robert B., and Sytsma, Kenneth J. 2000. "Homoplasy in the Commelinaceae: a comparison of different classes of morphological characters." In ...

In March I wrote about two studies that raised the tantalizing possibility that the tree of life, which till now has appeared to have three main branches, turns out to have a fourth. Some of the ...

Evans, T. M. and Faden, Robert B. 1998. "Homoplasy in the Commelinaceae: a comparison of different classes of morphological characters." In Monocots II. Second International Conference on the ...