Assembling The Tree Of Life

Introduction : Charting The Tree Of Life / Michael J. Donoghue And Joel Cracraft -- The Importance Of The Tree Of Life To Society / Terry L. Yates, Jorge Salazar-bravo And Jerry W. Dragoo -- A Tangled Bank : Reflections On The Tree Of Life And Human Health / Rita R. Colwell -- The Fruit Of The Tree Of Life : Insights Into Evolution And Ecology / Douglas J. Futuyma -- The Tree Of Life : An Overview / S.l. Baldauf [and Others] -- The Early Branches In The Tree Of Life / Norman R. Pace -- Bacteria And Archaea / W. Ford Doolittle -- The Origin And Radiation Of Eucaryotes / Hervé Philippe --viruses And The Tree Of Life / David P. Mindell, Joshua S. Rest And Luis P. Villarreal -- Algal Evolution And The Early Radiation Of Green Plants / Charles F. Delwiche [and Others] -- The Radiation Of Vascular Plants / Kathleen M. Pryer, Harald Schneider, And Susana Magallón -- The Diversification Of Flowering Plants / Pamela S. Soltis [and Others] -- The Fungi / John W. Taylor [and Others] -- The History Of Animals / Douglas J. Eernisse And Kevin J. Peterson -- Protostomes And Platyhelminthes : The Worm's Turn / D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Maximilian J. Telford And Rodney A. Bray --toward A Tree Of Life For Annelida / Mark E. Siddall, Elizabeth Borda And Gregory W. Rouse -- The Mollusca : Relationships And Patterns From Their First Half-billion Years / David R. Lindberg, Winston F. Ponder And Gerhard Haszprunar -- Arthropod Systematics : The Comparative Study Of Genomic, Anatomical, And Paleontological Information / Ward C. Wheeler, Gonzalo Giribet And Gregory D. Edgecombe -- Arachnida / Jonathan A. Coddington [and Others] -- Are The Crustaceans Monophyletic? / Frederick R. Schram And Stefan Koenemann. Phylogenetic Relationships And Evolution Of Insects / Rainer Willmann -- Phylogeny Of The Holometabolous Insects : The Most Successful Group Of Terrestrial Organisms / Michael F. Whiting -- From Bilateral Symmetry To Pentaradiality : The Phylogeny Of Hemichordates And Echinoderms / Andrew B. Smith [and Others] -- Chordate Phylogeny And Development / Timothy Rowe -- Gnathostome Fishes / M.l.j. Stiassny [and Others] -- Amphibians : Leading A Life Of Slime / David Cannatella And David M. Hillis -- Resolving Reptile Relationships : Molecular And Morphological Markers / Michael S.y. Lee [and Others] -- Phylogenetic Relationships Among Modern Birds (neornithes) : Toward An Avian Tree Of Life / Joel Cracraft [and Others] -- Building The Mammalian Sector Of The Tree Of Life : Combining Different Data And A Discussion Of Divergence Times For Placental Mammals / Maureen A. O'leary [and Others] -- Human Origins : Life At The Top Of The Tree / Bernard Wood And Paul Constantino -- The Meaning Of Biodiversity And The Tree Of Life / Edward O. Wilson -- A Tree Grows In Manhattan / David B. Wake -- The Tree Of Life And The Grand Synthesis Of Biology / David M. Hillis -- Immeasurable Progress On The Tree Of Life / Michael J. Donoghue -- Assembling The Tree Of Life : Where We Stand At The Beginning Of The 21st Century / Joel Cracraft And Michael J. Donoghue. Edited By Joel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue. Proceedings Of A Symposium Held At The American Museum Of Natural History In New York, 2002. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.