Phylogenetic Tree (IMAGE)

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Phylogenetic Tree

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A simulated phylogenetic tree. Time runs from top to bottom, and nodes represent species, lines represent the mutations in DNA associated with the gene that is being studied. Bifurcations signify speciation events. This tree has a complex structure but is also fractal in a topological sense.

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Nigel Goldenfeld

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