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Nature paper: Phylogenetic position of Diania challenged

Over 6 months ago, the discovery of a fascinating new fossil species was reported in Nature and featured on the front cover (Liu et al., 2011). Bath Biodiversity Lab PhD student Ross Mounce re-analysed the data given by the original … Continue reading

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Biology PhD student wins travel bursary to Hawai’i!

First year PhD student Ross Mounce has won a travel bursary to present his research at a prestigious international meeting in Hawaii next week. Ross is interested in how best to reconstruct the evolutionary tree of life. Delegates at “Hennig” … Continue reading

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