Thanks.
Bob
> [Original Message]
> From: Doug Sharp <dougsharp-in-channelzilch.com>
> To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
> Date: 3/4/2006 4:34:56 PM
> Subject: NANFA-L-- A new tree of life allows a closer look-in-the origin
ofspecies
>
> This new "tree of life" based on analysis of the evolution of genes caught
> my eye this morning. Of course, Danio rerio has a prominent place in the
> tree. I didn't know that the pufferfish Takifugi rubripes was "a model
> vertebrate for genome analysis because of its small genome". Fish are
> squeezed in between chickens and mosquitoes on the outer ring of the
chart.
>
> Synopsis of "Science" Article:
> http://www.embl.org/aboutus/news/press/2006/02mar06/index.html
> Large Chart:
> http://www.bork.embl.de/tree_of_life/tree_Feb15_300dpi.jpg
>
> "In 1870 the German scientist Ernst Haeckel mapped the evolutionary
> relationships of plants and animals in the first 'tree of life'. Since
then
> scientists have continuously redrawn and expanded the tree adding
> microorganisms and using modern molecular data, yet, many parts of the
tree
> have remained unclear. Now a group-in-the European Molecular Biology
> Laboratory [EMBL] in Heidelberg has developed a computational method that
> resolves many of the open questions and produced what is likely the most
> accurate tree ever. The study, which appears in the current issue of the
> journal Science, gives some intriguing insights into the origins of
bacteria
> and the last common universal ancestor of all life on earth today."
>
> "DNA sequences of complete genomes provide us with a direct record of
> evolution", says Peer Bork, Associate Coordinator for Structural and
> Computational Biology-in-EMBL, whose group carried out the project. "For a
> long time the overwhelming amount of data [the human genome alone contains
> enough information to fill 200 telephone books] has made it very difficult
> to pinpoint the information needed for a high-resolution map of evolution.
> But our study shows how this challenge can be tackled by combining
different
> computational methods in an automated process."
>
> Source Article:
> F. D. Ciccarelli, T. Doerks, C. von Mering, C. J. Creevey, B. Snel & P.
> Bork. Towards automatic reconstruction of a highly resolved tree of life.
> Science, 3 March 2006.
>
> - Doug Sharp, on the still-frozen Martel Lake, WI - home of the elusive
> fathead minnow
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