GMU:Habitats SS18/Introduction to Habitats

Life timeline

Kingdom

• Animalia
• Plantae
• Fungi
• Protista
• Archaea
• Bacteria

Prokaryotes and Eucaryotes

Phylogenetic tree

"A phylogenetic tree or evolutionary tree is a branching diagram or "tree" showing the inferred evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities—their phylogeny—based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics." (Wikipedia, Phylogenetic tree)

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  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tree_of_life_SVG.svg

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  (Whitman 2009)

References

• William B. Whitman (2009). "The Modern Concept of the Procaryote." JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, Apr. 2009, p. 2000–2005