Assembling the Tree of LifeJoel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 M07 22 - 576 páginas This edited volume is provides an authoritative synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. All the major groups of organisms are treated, by the leading workers in their fields. With sections on: The Importance of Knowing the Tree of Life; The Origin and Radiation of Life on Earth; The Relationships of Green Plants; The Relationships of Fungi; and The Relationships of Animals. This book should prove indispensable for evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, ecologists interested in biodiversity, and as a baseline sourcebook for organismic biologists, botanists, and microbiologists. An essential reference in this fundamental area. |
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Charting the Tree of Life | 1 |
The Importance of Knowing the Tree of Life | 5 |
The Origin and Radiation of Life on Earth | 41 |
The Relationships of Green Plants | 119 |
The Relationships of Fungi | 169 |
The Relationships of Animals Overview | 195 |
The Relationships of Animals Lophotrochozoans | 235 |
The Relationships of Animals Ecdysozoans | 279 |
The Relationships of Animals Deuterostomes | 363 |
Perspectives on the Tree of Life | 537 |
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