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Encyclopedia > Tree of Life Web Project

The Tree of Life Web Project is an ongoing Internet project and providing information about the diversity and phylogeny of life on Earth. This collaborative peer reviewed project began in 1995, and is written by biologists from around the world. Rainforests are the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity or biological diversity is the diversity of life. ... In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: phylon = tribe, race and genetikos = relative to birth, from genesis = birth) is the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms (e. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: life, living Life is a multi-faceted concept that may refer to the ongoing process of which living things are a part or the period between fertilisation or mitosis and death. ... Earth is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a scholarly process used in the publication of manuscripts and in the awarding of funding for research. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. ...


The pages are linked hierarchically, in the form of the branching evolutionary tree of life, organised cladistically. Each page contains information about one particular group of organisms and is organized according to a branched tree-like form, thus showing hypothetical relationships between different groups of organisms. For the various types of hierarchy, see hierarchy (disambiguation) A hierarchy (in Greek: Ιεραρχία, it is derived from ιερός-hieros, sacred, and άρχω-arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is subordinate to a single other element. ... A speculative phylogenetic tree of all living things, based on rRNA gene data, showing the separation of the three domains, bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. ... This cladogram shows the relationship among various insect groups. ... A clade is group of organisms which share a common ancestor and which includes all decendents of that ancestor. ...


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