Prospects in Systematics

Name: Prospects in Systematics
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ISBN: 9780198577072

ISBN-10: 0198577079

ISBN-13: 9780198577072

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Authors: D. L. Hawksworth

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This book critically reviews the developments and achievements of systematics in the 50 years since the foundation of the Systematics Association in 1937, and more particularly since the appearance of The New Systematics, edited for the Association by Sir Julian Huxley in 1940. Botanists, microbiologists, palaeontologists, and zoologists--theoreticians and practitioners alike--consider fundamental aspects of the subject and the directions in which it might develop into the next century. The result is a description of a highly active subject adapting concepts and practices to accommodate exciting new information from expanding areas of research--one which, however, also needs to take…

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List price: $95.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/20/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.50" long x 1.28" tall
Weight: 2.112
Language: English

Systematics: The Keystone of Biology
Recent Historical Developments
The Structure of Systematics
The Impact of Evolutionary Theories on Systematics
Species Concepts and Speciation in Parasites
The Detection of Phylogeny
The Contribution of Palaeontology to Systematics and Evolution
The New Genetics
The Estimation of Protein and Nucleic Acid Homologies
Isozyme Studies and their Interpretation
Some Implications of the Revolution in Molecular Biology
Electron Microscopy in Systematics: Genesis and Revelations
Numerical Techniques as an Aid to Objectivity
The Phenetic and Cladistic Approaches
Communications in Taxonomy
Automated Taxonomic Descriptions
The Uses and Future of Bibliographic Database Systems
Taxonomically Intelligent Database Programs
Towards a Unified System of Biological Nomenclature
Exploitation of Taxonomic Databases in Selective Isolation Programmes
The Needs of Plant Breeding, Agriculture, and Horticulture
The Demands of Medicine and Veterinary Science
User Needs in Systematics and Obstacles to Their Fulfillment
Systematics in the Education of Biologists
Systematics: The View from the Origin and Early Evolution of Life
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