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The Tree of Life - http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html  
The Tree of Life is a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. The information is linked together in the form of the evolutionary tree that connects all organisms to each other.
 
Introduction to Phylogeny - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/phylogeny.html  
UCMP Exhibit Halls: PHYLOGENY. The ancestor/descendant relationships which connect all organisms that have ever lived.
 
 
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - http://www.apnet.com/www/journal/fy.htm  
This journal is dedicated to bringing Darwin's dream–to "have fairly true genealogical trees of each great kingdom of Nature"–within grasp, and provides a forum for molecular studies that advance our understanding of phylogeny and evolution.
 
Stuart A. Kauffman Home Page - http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/People/kauffman/  
Abstracts and investigations on origins of life, beginning with autocatalytic sets through the mechanism of spontaneous organization.
 
Towards A New Theory Of Evolution - http://hometown.aol.com/roberthamiltonr/myhomepage/newsletter.html  
This site explores the possibility that genetic variation and natural selection are two sides of a unitary and simultaneous response to the struggle for existence, as recent experiments at Harvard and elsewhere on bacteria imply.
 
Bioinformatics: Phylogenetic Analysis - http://ba-itumac1.lib.unimelb.edu.au/ABA/zPhylogenetics/Phylogenetics.html  
Phylogenetic analysis discussed as the reconstruction of evolutionary genealogies of species based on morphological similarities, generating a `cladogram' or `phylogenetic tree', a hierarchical branching diagram of species relationships. Contains a good discussion, links to software, and references.
 
 
CMSMBR Molecular Evolution - Phylogeny - http://www.unl.edu/stc-95/ResTools/biotools/biotools2.html  
Small list of links to tools and resources for phylogenetic analyses of evolution.
 
DLC's Molecular Evolution Homepage - http://sgi.bls.umkc.edu/funnylab/  
The purpose of this page is to provide a resource for people interested in current research being done in molecular evolution, gene expression, and other related fields.
 
Molecular Evolution at Dalhousie University Department of Biochemistry - http://www.biochem.dal.ca/html_files/gradbook/evolution.html  
This laboratories research focuses on the early evolution of genes and genomes, using standard methods of molecular genetics and sophisticated computer algorithms to reconstruct phylogenies from gene sequences and to understand genome evolution as a process. Topics considered include the following: introns, eukaryotic genome origins, gene duplications in eukaryotic nuclear genome evolution, role of lateral gene transfer in evolution, and neutral models for the evolution of molecular complexity. Contains explanation of work and bibliographies.
 
 
 
Farside Research Institute - http://imbs.massey.ac.nz/Research/MolEvol/Farside/welcome.htm  
The evolution group of the Institute of Molecular BioSciences at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
 
International Society of Molecular Evolution - http://www.cr/sympdna/  
A non-profit organization founded in 1993, and incorporated in 1997, to facilitate the communication and publishing of information in the field of Molecular Evolution. Membership benefits include a personal subscription to the Journal of Molecular Evolution (JME), the official Journal of the Society, and discounts for the international meetings organized by the Society.
 
Szostak Laboratory - http://xanadu.mgh.harvard.edu/szostakweb/web.2  
Details work exploring the evolution of novel ribozymes (deoxyribo and ribonucleic acid catalysts) from populations of random sequences, attempting to shed light on the origins of biological catalysis.
 
Models of Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny - http://ng-dec1.gen.cam.ac.uk/publs/genres/  
Produced by Nikos Drakos of the Computer Based Learning Unit at the University of Leeds, this is a review of some of the DNA base substitution and amino acid replacement models most widely used, along with some of their most important current developments. Maximum likelihood inference using these models is briefly introduced as one statistical method used to draw evolutionary inferences, and as a fundamental part of the procedure for comparing the models. The site concludes with speculations on the future course of molecular evolutionary analyses.
 
The Thermosynthesis Home Page - http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/5345  
Thermosynthesis theory shows how organisms can use or may have used thermal cycling as an energy source-thermal cycling occurring especially in volcanic hot springs. Thermosynthesis could stepwise evolve towards photosynthesis. It may still occur in convecting aquifers on Earth, but also on the many other bodies in the Solar System where water has been found.

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