Models in Phylogeny Reconstruction Hardback
Edited by Robert W. (Department of Plant Sciences, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxfor Scotland, Darrell J. (Department of Zoology, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London) Siebert, David M. (Department of Botany, Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, London) Williams
Part of the Systematics Association Special Volumes series
Hardback
Description
Phylogenetic reconstruction is the process by which biologists try to identify the evolutionary pathways which organisms have followed.
The process is accomplished by examining the relationships between living and extinct organisms. With the advancement of mathematical, molecular, development, and cladistic techniques, the last ten years have seen radical changes in biologists' approaches to the problems of phylogenetic reconstruction with the advancement of mathematical, molecular, developmental, and cladistic techniques.
Controversy has been abundant, and there has been a marked lack of integration of the various approaches.
Views about the role of models have ranged from their being minimal to central to the process. This book examines models from a wide range of fields, at the same time providing illustrations of modern methods of classification and phylogeny reconstruction.
As a result, information from development studies emerges as a significant factor in cladogram construction.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:372 pages, halftones, numerous line figures, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:24/11/1994
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- ISBN:9780198548249
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:372 pages, halftones, numerous line figures, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:24/11/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198548249
