TY - BOOK ID - 22052113 TI - The timetree of life AU - Hedges, S. Blair AU - Kumar, Sudhir PY - 2009 SN - 9780199535033 0199535035 PB - Oxford Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Evolution. Phylogeny KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Phylogeny KW - Evolution (Biologie) KW - Phylogenèse KW - Evolution UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22052113 AB - 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. ER -