Beyond the Tree of Life
Biology Direct
Edited by: Dr Yan Boucher, Dr Maureen O'Malley
Collection published: 30 June 2011
Last updated: 23 September 2011
The tree of life (TOL), as an organizing metaphor and concept, has been greatly challenged by the discovery of extensive horizontal gene transfer. While various attempts have been made to preserve the traditional TOL, other efforts are now focused on phylogenetic analysis and evolutionary reconstruction beyond the TOL. The articles in this special thematic series of Biology Direct demonstrate methodologically and conceptually new and constructive ways of working with and thinking about the TOL and its phylogenetic legacy. Whether these approaches modify or ultimately reject the TOL, they show the wealth of insight gained by thinking beyond a central icon of evolutionary biology.
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Research 
Cheryl P Andam, J. Peter Gogarten Biology Direct 2011, 6:47 (23 September 2011)
Review 
David Williams, Gregory P Fournier, Pascal Lapierre, Kristen S Swithers, Anna G Green, Cheryl P Andam, J Peter Gogarten Biology Direct 2011, 6:45 (21 September 2011)
Hypothesis
James O McInerney, Davide Pisani, Eric Bapteste, Mary J O'Connell Biology Direct 2011, 6:41 (23 August 2011)
Research
Of woods and webs: possible alternatives to the tree of life for studying genomic fluidity inE. coli
Julie Beauregard-Racine, Cédric Bicep, Klaus Schliep, Philippe Lopez, François-Joseph Lapointe, Eric Bapteste Biology Direct 2011, 6:39 (20 July 2011)
Opinion
Ulrich Kutschera Biology Direct 2011, 6:33 (30 June 2011)
Research
Robert G Beiko Biology Direct 2011, 6:34 (30 June 2011)
Review
William F Martin Biology Direct 2011, 6:36 (30 June 2011)
Review
Maureen A O'Malley, Eugene V Koonin Biology Direct 2011, 6:32 (30 June 2011)
Research
Nick Lane Biology Direct 2011, 6:35 (30 June 2011)
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NOTA CAUSTICANTE DESTE BLOGGER:
A Nomenklatura científica afirma de pés juntos que não existe nenhuma crise na teoria da evolução de Darwin através da seleção natural e n mecanismo. Nada mais falso! A Síntese Evolutiva Moderna, ou o neodarwinismo, foi considerada uma teoria científica morta por Stephen Jay Gould, um evolucionista honesto, que afirmou isso em 1980!!!
Fui, esperando sentado a nova teoria geral da evolução chegar - Darwin 3.0, ooops, SÍNTESE EVOLUTIVA AMPLIADA, que somente será anunciada em 2020!!! Que falta de inteligência evolucionária, gente!!!
