Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life

E. Hinchliff, Cody; A. Smith, Stephen; F. Allman, James; Gordon Burleigh, J.; Chaudhary, Ruchi; M. Coghill, Lyndon; A. Crandall, Keith; Deng, Jiabin; T. Drew, Bryan; Gazis, Romina; Gude, Karl; S. Hibbett, David; A. Katz, Laura; Dail Laughinghouse, Haywood; Jane McTavish, Emily; Midford, Peter; L. Owen, Christopher; H. Ree, Richard; Rees, Jonathan; S. Soltis, Pamela; L. Williams, Tiffani; Cranston, Karen

doi:10.1073/pnas.1423041112

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Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Sep 18, 2015

Authors:

Cody E. Hinchliff

Stephen A. Smith

James F. Allman

Abstract

Reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships that unite all lineages (the tree of life) is a grand challenge. The paucity of homologous character data across disparately related lineages currently renders direct phylogenetic inference untenable. To reconstruct a comprehensive tree of life, we there...

Subject

Taxonomy (biology)

Phylogenetics

Tree of life (biology)

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