For example, the lineage for Homo sapiens is:
Homo sapiens
Homo
Homo/Pan/Gorilla group
Hominidae
Hominoidea
Catarrhini
Simiiformes
Haplorrhini
Primates
Euarchontoglires
Eutheria
Theria
Mammalia
Amniota
Tetrapoda
Sarcopterygii
Euteleostomi
Teleostomi
Gnathostomata
Vertebrata
Craniata
Chordata
Deuterostomia
Coelomata
Bilateria
Eumetazoa
Metazoa
Fungi/Metazoa group
Eukaryota
cellular organisms
To the best of my knowledge, the most complete source of information on organismal phylogeny is taxonomy.dat a 100+ Mbyte file available from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI).
The taxonomy.dat file lists over 400,000 species, as a taxonomy (i.e., a list with a a parent class assigned to all species). Taxonomy.dat provides a species id number and an id number for the parent class for each taxonomic entry.
Using this information, it is possible to compute the complete classification hierarchy for each of the 400 hundred thousand plus named organisms in taxonomy.dat.
Though there are millions of species of organisms on earth, the taxonomy.dat file is one of the most comprehensive taxonomic references available to scientists.
I have created a web site that allows users to enter the name (scientific name or common name) of any species listed in the EBI's taxonomy file and get back a full listing of the descending phylogenetic class hierarchy for the species.
It is available at:
http://www.julesberman.info/post.htm
The same search box is available here:
After entering the full name of a species into the input box, and pressing the submit button, you get the taxonomic entry for the organism, followed by its phylogenetic hierarchy.
If you can't think of an organism to enter in the query box (above), here are some suggestions:
Mycobacterium
Maple trees
Pea
Banana
Helicobacter pylori
Coccidioides immitis
Kangaroo
Toxoplasma gondii
Chicken
Actinomyces
- Jules Berman
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