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The evolution of phylogenetic systematics /

This title aims to make sense of the rise of phylogenetic systematics - its methods, its objects of study, and its theoretical foundations - with contributions from historians, philosophers, and biologists.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hamilton, Andrew, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Colección:Species and systematics ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reflections on the history of systematics / Robert E. Kohler
  • Willi Hennig's part in the history of systematics / Michael Schmitt
  • Homology as a bridge between evolutionary morphology, developmental evolution, and phylogenetic systematics / Manfred D. Laubichler
  • Historical and conceptual perspectives on modern systematics : groups, ranks, and the phylogenetic turn / Andrew Hamilton
  • The early cladogenesis of cladistics / Olivier Rieppel
  • Cladistics at an earlier time / Gareth Nelson
  • Patterson's curse, molecular homology, and the data matrix / David M. Williams and Malte C. Ebach
  • History and theory in the development of phylogenetics in botany : toward the future / Brent D. Mishler
  • Well-structured biology : numerical taxonomy's epistemic vision for systematics / Beckett Sterner
  • A comparison of alternative form-characterization : approaches to the automated identification of biological species / Norman MacLeod
  • The new systematics, the new taxonomy, and the future of biodiversity studies / Quentin Wheeler and Andrew Hamilton.