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With Subtree of Life you can find relationships between species: https://sol.vandenoever.info/ https://sol.vandenoever.info/

by oever 3y ago

emernic 3y ago
The info on that site is... not even close to correct. Choanozoa as the sister group of all other life including bacteria and archaea? All eukaryotes broken into Opisthokonta, Chloroplastida, and Amoebozoa? Maybe the stuff on metazoans is more accurate, but in the big picture of the genetic diversity of life on earth they're barely a footnote.
- oever 3y ago
  The tree only shows species that are selected and their closest common ancestors. The relationships are obtained from opentreeoflife.org.
- oever 3y ago
  Here's an example: two bird species selected via uid share as most recent_common ancestor Passeriformes. https://sol.vandenoever.info/?uids=695336,1093902 https://sol.vandenoever.info/?uids=695336,1093902 When another bird species is added, one more closest common ancestor pops up: https://sol.vandenoever.info/?uids=695336,1065606,1093902 https://sol.vandenoever.info/?uids=695336,1065606,1093902 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor
samuell 3y ago
FWIW, TimeTree is based on phylogenic trees sourced from the the literature: https://timetree.org https://timetree.org ... and publishes references to the literature backing a relationship. This is important since the tree you get can vary even depending on the gene you study, which can raise some questions about how to interpret these trees.
willpearse 3y ago
If you like Subtree of Life, you're going to love 'Onezoom' (https://www.onezoom.org/ https://www.onezoom.org/) which is a very attractive 'Google Maps of life' sort of site, and TimeTree (http://www.timetree.org/ http://www.timetree.org/) which is similar but the visualisation is much more traditional (not fractals) in comparison with the first.

With Subtree of Life you can find relationships between species: https://sol.vandenoever.info/ https://sol.vandenoever.info/

by oever 3y ago

With Subtree of Life you can find relationships between species: https://sol.vandenoever.info/ https://sol.vandenoever.info/

emernic 3y ago

The info on that site is... not even close to correct. Choanozoa as the sister group of all other life including bacteria and archaea? All eukaryotes broken into Opisthokonta, Chloroplastida, and Amoebozoa? Maybe the stuff on metazoans is more accurate, but in the big picture of the genetic diversity of life on earth they're barely a footnote.

oever 3y ago
The tree only shows species that are selected and their closest common ancestors. The relationships are obtained from opentreeoflife.org.
oever 3y ago
Here's an example: two bird species selected via uid share as most recent_common ancestor Passeriformes. https://sol.vandenoever.info/?uids=695336,1093902 https://sol.vandenoever.info/?uids=695336,1093902 When another bird species is added, one more closest common ancestor pops up: https://sol.vandenoever.info/?uids=695336,1065606,1093902 https://sol.vandenoever.info/?uids=695336,1065606,1093902 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor

samuell 3y ago

FWIW, TimeTree is based on phylogenic trees sourced from the the literature: https://timetree.org https://timetree.org ... and publishes references to the literature backing a relationship. This is important since the tree you get can vary even depending on the gene you study, which can raise some questions about how to interpret these trees.

willpearse 3y ago

If you like Subtree of Life, you're going to love 'Onezoom' (https://www.onezoom.org/ https://www.onezoom.org/) which is a very attractive 'Google Maps of life' sort of site, and TimeTree (http://www.timetree.org/ http://www.timetree.org/) which is similar but the visualisation is much more traditional (not fractals) in comparison with the first.