How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koonin Eugene V, O'Malley Maureen A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:Biology Direct
Online Access:http://www.biology-direct.com/content/6/1/32
id doaj-c633424ea84a41f0b2bacf86b2f2e5f2
record_format Article
spelling doaj-c633424ea84a41f0b2bacf86b2f2e5f22020-11-25T02:00:58ZengBMCBiology Direct1745-61502011-06-01613210.1186/1745-6150-6-32How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?Koonin Eugene VO'Malley Maureen A<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> http://www.biology-direct.com/content/6/1/32
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Koonin Eugene V
O'Malley Maureen A
spellingShingle Koonin Eugene V
O'Malley Maureen A
How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?
Biology Direct
author_facet Koonin Eugene V
O'Malley Maureen A
author_sort Koonin Eugene V
title How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?
title_short How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?
title_full How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?
title_fullStr How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?
title_full_unstemmed How stands the Tree of Life a century and a half after <it>The Origin</it>?
title_sort how stands the tree of life a century and a half after <it>the origin</it>?
publisher BMC
series Biology Direct
issn 1745-6150
publishDate 2011-06-01
description <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>
url http://www.biology-direct.com/content/6/1/32
work_keys_str_mv AT koonineugenev howstandsthetreeoflifeacenturyandahalfafterittheoriginit
AT omalleymaureena howstandsthetreeoflifeacenturyandahalfafterittheoriginit
_version_ 1724959700844281856

Similar Items