Assembling the Tree of Life

by Michael J. Donoghue and Joel Cracraft

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195172345
• ISBN13: 9780195172348
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.7" x 11.2"