Open Tree of Life
Open Tree of Life (OToL) is a comprehensive, collaborative online phylogenetic tree synthesizing published evolutionary estimates with taxonomic data. It combines phylogenetic data from 1,216 published papers with 10 source taxonomies to construct a dynamic tree of life with 2.4 million tips representing species and infraspecific taxa.
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