Monday, August 2, 2010

PHYLOGENETICS

Phylogenetics is the field of biology which deals with identifying and understanding the relationships between the many different kinds of life on earth. This includes methods for collecting and analyzing data, as well as interpretations of those results as new biological information.Going into the details phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relation among various groups of organisms which is discovered through molecular sequencing data.But the problem posed by this field is that genetic data are only available for the present, and fossil records are less reliable.But nevertheless this field is a very fascinating field to explore and study.

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