Phylogenetic tree diagrams form the basis of understanding microbial evolution. Long branches between the two domains in some trees may reflect a period of very rapid evolution, billions of years ago.

Tree and sequence alignment visualizations have a long history. Evolutionary tree diagrams can be found in even the earliest descriptions of evolution, and their visualization still plays a key role ...

When we represent the relationships of organisms, our thoughts turn naturally to trees. We draw genealogical family trees, and often think of great apes as part of our extended family. (Some of them ...