But damn, it's complicated. Consider the root.[0] As I vaguely understand it, evolution of eukaryotes involved multiple fusions of separate lines. The basic cell came from one line. And nuclei, mitochondria and chloroplasts from other lines. I gather that there was at first symbiosis, which then became permanent. And perhaps other organelles came from other lines.
Nuclei and mitochondria must have integrated first, because both plants and animals have them. And then plants got chloroplasts.
I wonder whether relationships are clear enough yet to include in the tree.
This one is much easier to use and you can get common ancestors (toggle the 'relate' switch)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/research#/ev...
What I love about it is typing in two things that seem fairly distant like humans and fruit flies and then seeing it zoom in quite way to show that they come off a relatively late branch.
But damn, it's complicated. Consider the root.[0] As I vaguely understand it, evolution of eukaryotes involved multiple fusions of separate lines. The basic cell came from one line. And nuclei, mitochondria and chloroplasts from other lines. I gather that there was at first symbiosis, which then became permanent. And perhaps other organelles came from other lines.
Nuclei and mitochondria must have integrated first, because both plants and animals have them. And then plants got chloroplasts.
I wonder whether relationships are clear enough yet to include in the tree.
0) http://tolweb.org/Life_on_Earth/1