Preprint: Synthesizing phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life
We’ve just posted a preprint on bioRXiv of our submitted manuscript on how we are combining taxonomy and phylogeny into a comprehensive tree of life:
http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2014/12/05/012260
You can browse the complete tree at http://tree.opentreeoflife.org
Comments welcome (either here or on bioRXiv). Note that the authorship list is woefully incomplete – biorxiv only allows 20 authors in the submission process. Here is the complete list:
Stephen A. Smith, Karen A. Cranston, James F. Allman, Joseph W. Brown, Gordon Burleigh, Ruchi Chaudhary, Lyndon M. Coghill, Keith A. Crandall, Jiabin Deng, Bryan T. Drew, Romina Gazis, Karl Gude, David S. Hibbett, Cody Hinchliff, Laura A. Katz, H. Dail Laughinghouse IV, Emily Jane McTavish, Christopher L. Owen, Richard Ree, Jonathan A. Rees, Douglas E. Soltis, Tiffani Williams
ASSEMBLING, VISUALIZING, AND ANALYZING THE EVOLUTIONARY TREE OF LIFE 