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Scientists build new ‘tree of life’ for placentals, visualize common ancestor
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Scientists have reconstructed the common ancestor of placental mammals–an extremely diverse group including animals ranging from rodents to whales to humans–using the world’s largest dataset of both genetic and physical traits. (more…)
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