A new view of the tree of life
Planetary Science Institute · University of California, Berkeley · +7 more institutions
Abstract
The tree of life is one of the most important organizing principles in biology(1). Gene surveys suggest the existence of an enormous number of branches(2), but even an approximation of the full scale of the tree has remained elusive. Recent depictions of the tree of life have focused either on the nature of deep evolutionary relationships(3-5) or on the known, well-classified diversity of life with an emphasis on eukaryotes(6). These approaches overlook the dramatic change in our understanding of life's diversity resulting from genomic sampling of previously unexamined environments. New methods to generate genome sequences illuminate the identity of organisms and their metabolic capacities, placing them in…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 127.25
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- 100%
- References
- 39
Authors
17- LHLaura HugCorresponding
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- BJBrett J. Baker
The University of Texas at Austin
- KAKarthik Anantharaman
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- CTChristopher T. Brown
Berkeley College, University of California, Berkeley
- AJAlexander J. Probst
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
Topics & keywords
- Tree of life (biology)
- Biology
- Three-domain system
- Evolutionary biology
- Archaea
- Diversification (marketing strategy)
- Organism
- Ecology
- Life in Land
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAwards: 1406956, DE-AC02-05CH11231
- UDU.S. Department of EnergyAwards: -AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, SC10010566, DE-AC02-05CH11231, DOE-SC10010566, DE-AC02-
- NANational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAward: DE-AC02-05CH11231
- JGJoint Genome InstituteAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231
- MOMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- OOOffice of ScienceAwards: DOE-SC10010566, AC02-05CH11231, -AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02
- UNU.S. Navy
- AFAgency for Natural Resources and Energy
- OOOffice of Naval ResearchAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, N00014
- DODivision of Environmental Biology
- BABiological and Environmental ResearchAwards: 05CH11231, DOE-SC10010566, DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231
- LBLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231