Explore Biodiversity Using Big Data and Tree of Life

Tree of Life (Phylogenetic tree) is a crucial reference system for biological research. It captures evolutionary relationships among species, linking all the biological data together with an evolutionary context, serving as the biological “Periodic Table”. In this talk, the author will use his published research cases to demonstrate how to use large volume of biological data and Tree of Life to explore biodiversity across space and time, and how the research findings can be references for practices in biodiversity conservation.