Indeed, the most basic postulate of evolutionary theory is that the same general phenomenon of descent from common ancestry applies to both the most diverse branches of the tree of life and the ...

These so-called identity-by-descent or IBD segments are an exceptionally ... Harald Ringbauer of the Max Planck Institute for ...

phylogenetic and rational evidence for evolution by common descent. Core concepts - including the origins of genetic and phenotypic variation, and micro and macro-evolutionary processes and patterns - ...