The Tree of Life

A Phylogenetic Classification

Guillaume Lecointre and Hervé Le Guyader

Illustrated by Dominique Visset Translated by Karen McCoy

    Preface

    Introduction

    1. Life

    2. Eubacteria

    3. Archaea

    4. Eukaryotes

    5. Chlorobionta

    6. Embryophyta

    7. Metazoa

    8. Protostomia

    9. Mollusca

    10. Euarthropoda

    11. Deuterostomia

    12. Sarcopterygii

    13. Mammalia

    14. Primata

    15. Actinopteryii

    Appendixes

    Sequenced Genomes

    General bibliography

    Glossary

    Index of common names

    Index of Latin names

  • Cover: The Tree of Life
  • A photo of the author

photo of Guillaume Lecointre (top), Hervé Le Guyader (below)

Guillaume Lecointre is Professor and Research Scientist at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Hervé Le Guyader is a Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris.