Background: Much evolutionary theory predicts that diversity arises via both adaptive radiation (diversification driven by selection against niche-overlap within communities) and divergence of geograp
A number of Vendian (latest Precambrian) body fossils have traditionally been considered arthropods or arthropodlike organisms. Several Cambrian "weird wonders" have also been linked with the arthropo
Additional file 8: Table S4. SNVs within and between Microcystis colonies. SNVs accumulated in 19 Microcystis laboratory cultures after ~6 years of culture are also included.
The first analyses of gene sequence data indicated that the eukaryotic tree of life consisted of a long stem of microbial groups ‘topped’ by a crown containing plants, animals, and fungi and their mic