The timetree of life / edited by S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar ; foreword by James D. Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hedges, S. Blair.

Kumar, Sudhir, 1967-

Series:

Oxford biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Phylogeny.

Physical Description:

xxi, 551 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2009]

Summary:

This authoritative reference work brings together, for the first time, experts on all major groups of organisms to assemble a timetree of life. The result is a comprehensive resource on evolutionary history which will be an indispensable reference for scientists, educators, and students in the life sciences, earth sciences, and molecular biology. For each major group of organism, a representative is illustrated and a timetree of families and higher taxonomic groups is shown. Basic aspects of the evolutionary history of the group, the fossil record, and competing hypotheses of relationships are discussed. Detaisl of the divergence times are presented for each node in the timetree, and primary literature references are included. The book is complemented by an online database (www.timetree.org) which allows researchers to both deposit and retrieve data.

Notes:

Series statement from dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199535033

0199535035

OCLC:

268792961