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Open Tree of Life

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Open Tree of Life
Available inEnglish
URLopentreeoflife.org
Commercialno
Registrationnot required
LaunchedSeptember 2015
Current statusactive

The Open Tree of Life is a project by the National Science Foundation.[1][2] The first draft had 2.3 million species. The first draft was made public in September 2015.[3] The Interactive graph allows the user to view collected data. The tree has taxonomic data with phylogenetic trees. Clicking on a species will return its source.

The tree of life

The Open Tree of Life started in June 2012. A National Science Foundation award was given to some researchers. In 2015, a two-year award was made.

References

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  1. Hinchliff CE, Smith SA, Allman JF, Burleigh JG, Chaudhary R, Coghill LM, et al. (October 2015). "Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (41): 12764–9. Bibcode:2015PNAS..11212764H. doi:10.1073/pnas.1423041112. PMC 4611642. PMID 26385966.
  2. "Assembling, Visualizing, and Analyzing the Tree of Life". National Science Foundation (NSF). 11 March 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  3. Pennisi E (21 September 2015). "First comprehensive tree of life shows how related you are to millions of species". Science Magazine.