A New View of the Tree of Life (IMAGE)

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)

A New View of the Tree of Life

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The tree of life compiled by Temple University researchers is depicted in a new way -- a cosmologically inspired galaxy of life view -- and contains more than 50,000 species in a tapestry spiraling out from the origin of life.

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Temple University

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