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A Practical Guide to Phylogenetics for Nonexperts
Published on: February 5, 2014
PhyloJIVE: Integrating biodiversity data with the Tree of Life
Garry Jolley-Rogers1, Temi Varghese, Paul Harvey
1Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia and Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Motivation:
Rich collections of biodiversity information such as spatial distributions, species descriptions and trait data are now synthesized in publicly available online sources such as GBIF. Also phylogenetic knowledge now provides a sound understanding of the origin of organisms and their place in the tree of life. We demonstrate with PhyloJIVE that any phylogenetic tree can be linked to online biodiversity data in the browser. This evolutionary view of biodiversity data is demonstrated in a case study that suggests that this approach may be useful to scientists and non-experts users.
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