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Coragyps · 06-30-2003, 06:18 PM

Science has a "tree of life" to locate yourself on here.
I'll bet most of you never knew you were opisthokonts. I sure didn't.

MrDarwin · 06-30-2003, 06:45 PM

Nice tree, but the links are suspect. I clicked on "asterids" (a major angiosperm group that my particular family of research is classified in) and it took me to a website using the old Cronquist classification, which is not only badly out of date, but has been conclusively demonstrated by numerous recent molecular studies to be quite wrong.

Doubting Didymus · 06-30-2003, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by MrDarwin
Nice tree, but the links are suspect. I clicked on "asterids" (a major angiosperm group that my particular family of research is classified in) and it took me to a website using the old Cronquist classification, which is not only badly out of date, but has been conclusively demonstrated by numerous recent molecular studies to be quite wrong.

No-one ever gives plants a fair go, eh?

lpetrich · 06-30-2003, 08:04 PM

Here is the Tree of Life site's version of Asterids. Is it any better?

theyeti · 06-30-2003, 09:50 PM

I like plants.

Nic Tamzek · 07-01-2003, 02:40 AM

I like plants too.

The Caryophyllales link is also kinda out of date because on molecular evidence the carnivorous plants Nepenthes, Drosera, Dionaea, Aldrovanda, Drosophyllum, and Triphyophyllum are now all in it (IIRC).

...but, it was probably just an intern using google to find the links, cut him/her some slack.

They also take a position on the root, putting it between bacteria and archaea/euks which is a common viewpoint but not without dissenters...

This page is pretty cool though:
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/TreeofLife/hyperbolic.php

Arken · 07-01-2003, 06:04 AM

Thanks. I use it to get some "shade."

Non-praying Mantis · 07-01-2003, 07:56 AM

Thanks for the site! I like animals.

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06-30-2003, 06:18 PM	#1
Coragyps Veteran Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Snyder,Texas,USA Posts: 4,411	Nice "tree" Science has a "tree of life" to locate yourself on here. I'll bet most of you never knew you were opisthokonts. I sure didn't.

06-30-2003, 06:45 PM	#2
MrDarwin Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 4,140	Re: Nice "tree" Nice tree, but the links are suspect. I clicked on "asterids" (a major angiosperm group that my particular family of research is classified in) and it took me to a website using the old Cronquist classification, which is not only badly out of date, but has been conclusively demonstrated by numerous recent molecular studies to be quite wrong.

07-01-2003, 06:04 AM	#7
Arken Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 6,303	Re: Nice "tree" Thanks. I use it to get some "shade."

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06-30-2003, 08:04 PM	#4
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	Here is the Tree of Life site's version of Asterids. Is it any better?

06-30-2003, 09:50 PM	#5
theyeti Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Denver, CO, USA Posts: 9,747	I like plants.

07-01-2003, 02:40 AM	#6
Nic Tamzek Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: California Posts: 646	I like plants too. The Caryophyllales link is also kinda out of date because on molecular evidence the carnivorous plants Nepenthes, Drosera, Dionaea, Aldrovanda, Drosophyllum, and Triphyophyllum are now all in it (IIRC). ...but, it was probably just an intern using google to find the links, cut him/her some slack. They also take a position on the root, putting it between bacteria and archaea/euks which is a common viewpoint but not without dissenters... This page is pretty cool though: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/TreeofLife/hyperbolic.php

07-01-2003, 07:56 AM	#8
Non-praying Mantis Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Roanoke, VA, USA Posts: 2,646	Thanks for the site! I like animals. NPM

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