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How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after The Origin?

Year: 2011

Type: review

Abstract: We examine the Tree of Life (TOL) as an evolutionary hypothesis and a heuristic. The original TOL hypothesis has failed but a new "statistical TOL hypothesis" is promising. The TOL heuristic usefully organizes data without positing fundamental evolutionary truth. This article was reviewed by W. Ford Doolittle, Nicholas Galtier and Christophe Malaterre.

Source: Biology Direct

DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-32

Authors: Maureen A O'Malley, Eugene V Koonin

Institutions: The University of Sydney, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information

Language: English

Topic: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,890