Structural analysis of polarizing indels: an emerging consensus on the root of the tree of life.

doi:10.1186/1745-6150-4-30

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Structural analysis of polarizing indels: an emerging consensus on the root of the tree of life.

Biology direct - 25 Aug 2009

Valas Ruben E, Bourne Philip E

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BACKGROUND: The root of the tree of life has been a holy grail ever since Darwin first used the tree as a metaphor for evolution. New methods seek to narrow down the location of the root by excluding it from branches of the tree of life. This is done by finding traits that must be derived, and excluding the root from the taxa those traits cover. However the two most comprehensive attempts at this strategy,...

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