Assembling the tree of life /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 576 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | OUP E-Books. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11137442 |
| Summary: | This edited volume is provides an authoritative synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. All the major groups of organisms are treated, by the leading workers in their fields. With sections on: The Importance of Knowing the Tree of Life; The Origin and Radiation of Life on Earth; The Relationships of Green Plants; The Relationships of Fungi; and The Relationships of Animals. This book should prove indispensable for evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, ecologists interested in biodiversity, and as a baseline sourcebook for organismic biologists, botanists, and microbiologists. An essential reference in this fundamental area. |
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| Item Description: | Proceedings of a symposium held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, 2002. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 576 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423720733 9781423720737 9780195172348 0195172345 9780195172355 0195172353 1602564965 9781602564961 1280428031 9781280428036 9780199729609 0199729603 9786610428038 6610428034 |