Models in Phylogeny Reconstruction

Name: Models in Phylogeny Reconstruction
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ISBN: 9780198548249

ISBN-10: 0198548249

ISBN-13: 9780198548249

Edition: 1994

Authors: Robert W. Scotland, Darrell J. Siebert, David M. Williams

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Phylogenetic reconstruction--the method by which biologists examine the relationship between living and extinct organisms in an effort to identify evolutionary pathways--has seen radical changes in the last ten years. But as rapid advances in mathematical, molecular, developmental, and cladistic techniques have greatly improved reconstruction efforts, they have also sparked controversy, especially with regard to the assumptions and data underlying the cladistic method. This book brings together contributions from a wide range of practitioners in order to find common ground. By examining numerous models from a variety of fields, the book serves as a guide to the latest methods of…

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List price: $150.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/19/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 372
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.41" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English




The Lessons of History



Explanation, Description, and the Meaning of 'Transformation' in Taxonomic Evidence



Species and History



Models, Modules, and Molecules in Morphogenesis



Partial Truths: A Review of the Use of Concepts in the Evolutionary Sciences



Morphogenetic Cascades, Genetic Forms, and Taxonomy



Rational Taxonomy and the Natural System as Exemplified by Segmentation and Phyllotaxis



Methods for Rooting Cladistic Trees



Ontogeny, Rooting, and Polarity



Null or Minimal Models



Three-Item Consensus: Empirical Test of Fractional Weighting



The Role of Models in Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees



An Empirical Example of Parsimony Behavior



DNA Characters and Cladistics: The Optimization of Functional History



Intraspecific Phylogenetics: Problems and Solutions



Estimating Evolutionary Rates for Discrete Characters



Inferring Evolutionary Processes from Molecular Phylogenies



Cladograms and Trees in Biodiversity