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American Scientist Online - Evolution’s Many Branches
What might be the justifications for constructing a Tree of Life? E. O. Wilson nominates simply having a complete accounting of life on Earth, promoting conservation, searching for new biological products and improving our understanding of community assembly (how species coadapt to live together in a given spot). Not surprisingly, Wilson makes an effective case that a Tree of Life will revolutionize ecology by marrying NASA-like technology with old-fashioned fieldwork to allow rapid characterization of broad swaths of the members of a community.
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