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Title The timetree of life / edited by S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar ; foreword by James D. Watson
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 551 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Oxford biology
Oxford biology.
Contents Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; I. INTRODUCTION; II. TIMETREES; Index
Summary This is a comprehensive reference source on the evolution of life, especially the family tree of organisms and when they originated in time. More than 100 experts on different organisms have distilled the latest research on the evolution of life, primarily from analyses of gene sequences but also from the fossil record. - ;The evolutionary history of life includes two primary components: phylogeny and timescale. Phylogeny refers to the branching order (relationships) of species or other taxa within a group and is crucial for understanding the inheritance of traits and for erecting classificati
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Evolution (Biology)
Phylogeny.
Phylogeny
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Phylogeny
Fylogeni.
Form Electronic book
Author Hedges, S. Blair, editor.
Kumar, Sudhir, 1967- editor.
ISBN 9780191560156
0191560154
1282053256
9781282053250