How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>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 evolution...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-06-01
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| Series: | Biology Direct |
| Online Access: | http://www.biology-direct.com/content/6/1/32 |
| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Reviewers</p> <p>This article was reviewed by W. Ford Doolittle, Nicholas Galtier and Christophe Malaterre.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1745-6150 |