Models in Phylogeny Reconstruction
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-854824-9 (ISBN)
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.
1. The lessons of history ; 2. Explanation, description, and the meaning of 'transformation' in taxonomic evidence ; 3. Species and history ; 4. Models, modules, and molecules in morphogenesis ; 5. Partial truths: a review of the use of concepts in the evolutionary sciences ; 6. Morphogenetic cascades, genetic forms, and taxonomy ; 7. Rational taxonomy and the natural system as exemplified by segmentation and phyllotaxis ; 8. Methods for rooting cladistic trees ; 9. Ontogeny, rooting, and polarity ; 10. Null or minimal models ; 11. Three-item consensus: empirical test of fractional weighting ; 12. The role of models in reconstructing evolutionary trees ; 13. An empirical example of parsimony behaviour ; 14. DNA characters and cladistics: the optimization of functional history ; 15. Intraspecific phylogenetics: problems and solutions ; 16. Estimating evolutionary rates for discrete characters ; 17. Inferring evolutionary processes from molecular phylogenies ; 18. Cladograms and trees in biodiversity
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.11.1994 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Systematics Association Special Volumes ; 52 |
| Zusatzinfo | halftones, numerous line figures, tables |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 239 mm |
| Gewicht | 716 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-854824-9 / 0198548249 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-854824-9 / 9780198548249 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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