Cladistics The Theory and Practice of Parsimony Analysis

Name: Cladistics The Theory and Practice of Parsimony Analysis
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ISBN: 9780198501398

ISBN-10: 0198501390

ISBN-13: 9780198501398

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Ian Kitching, Peter Forey, Christopher Humphries, David Williams

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Cladistics aims to reconstruct genealogies based on common ancestry, thus revealing the phylogenetic relationships between taxa. Its applications vary from linguistic analysis to the study of conservation and biodiversity, and it has become a method of choice for comparative studies in all fields of biiology. This new edition of Cladistics--first published in 1992--reflects the many changes and developments which have taken place in the field over the last five years, while retaining the clarity and readability that made the first edition so successful. For all students interested in the systematic relationships among organisms, this book provides a state-of-the-art account of the…

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List price: $75.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/10/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

David Williams is Lecturer in International Politics, Head of Department, Centre for International Politics, City University, UK. He was previously Lecturer in International Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University.

Preface
Introduction to cladistic concepts
Characters and character coding
Cladogram construction, character polarity, and rooting
Optimization and the effects of missing values
Measures of character fit and character weighting
Support and confidence statistics for cladograms and groups
Consensus trees
Simultaneous and partitioned analysis
Three-item statements analysis
References
Glossary
Appendix: Computer programs
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