February 2008
Issue 65



 
 

GW Biologists Connect the Branches on Evolutionary Tree of Life


A team of evolutionary scientists in GW’s Department of Biological Sciences are engaged in the epic task of assembling a tree of life encompassing the majority of known species on earth.
Eleven GW biology professors are involved in the tree of life project, including spider expert Gustavo Hormiga, fish ontogeny specialist Patricia Hernandez, and protist (one-cell organism) and invertebrate authority Diana Lipscomb. Read the ByGeorge! article.