Biological systematics: principles and applications
by Brower, Andrew V. Z., (Andrew Van Zandt)
"The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for selecting preferred hypotheses of relationships, and recognition of groups based upon synapomorphies (inferred shared, derived character states) alone"--
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- Full title :Biological systematics : principles and applications / Andrew V. Z. Brower, Randall T. Schuh.
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"The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for selecting preferred hypotheses of relationships, and recognition of groups based upon synapomorphies (inferred shared, derived character states) alone"--
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- Publication Date:©2021
- Edition:Third edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication:Ithaca, New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2021
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 436 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781501752773, 1501752774
- oclc:on1161996589
- LC Classification:QH83
- Dewey Decimal:578.01/2
Table of Contents
Introduction to systematics -- Systematics and the philosophy of science -- Characters and character states -- Character polarity and inferring homology -- Tree-building algorithms and philosophies -- Evaluating results -- Species -- Nomenclature, classifications, and systematic databases -- The integration of phylogenetics, historical biogeography and host -- Parasite coevolution -- Ecology, adaptation, and evolutionary scenarios -- Understanding molecular clocks and time trees -- Biodiversity and conservation -- Parsimony and the future of systematics.
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