Cladistics: A Practical Course in Systematics: No. 10 (Systematics Association Publication) - Hardcover

Forey, Peter L.

 
9780198577676: Cladistics: A Practical Course in Systematics: No. 10 (Systematics Association Publication)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198577672 ISBN 13: 9780198577676
Verlag: Clarendon Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

Systematics underpins all biology. Cladistics is a systematic method of classification which classifies organisms on the basis of common ancestry rather than on simple anatomical similarity. True phylogenic relationships are thus revealed. This book is based on a course sponsored by the Systematics Association. To introduce the subject, the principle of parsimony and methods for character coding and determining character polarity are first presented. Methods of cladistic tree-building follow, and tree statistics are detailed. Alternatives to parsimony, molecular applications of cladistics and the relevance of fossils are then discussed. The concluding chapters review two important topics in cladistics: cladistic biogeography and the implementation of cladistic results in systematics. This book provides an account of the techniques of modern cladistics, and should prove useful for students interested in systematics and comparative studies.

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Systematics underpins all biology. Cladistics is a systematic method of classification which classifies organisms on the basis of common ancestry rather than on simple anatomical similarity. True phylogenic relationships are thus revealed. This book is based on a course sponsored by the Systematics Association. To introduce the subject, the principle of parsimony and methods for character coding and determining character polarity are first presented. Methods of cladistic tree-building follow, and tree statistics are detailed. Alternatives to parsimony, molecular applications of cladistics and the relevance of fossils are then discussed. The concluding chapters review two important topics in cladistics: cladistic biogeography and the implementation of cladistic results in systematics. This book provides an account of the techniques of modern cladistics, and should prove useful for students interested in systematics and comparative studies.

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Verlag
Clarendon Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198577672
ISBN 13 
9780198577676
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Anzahl der Seiten
202
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