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Biological systematics : principles and applications /
"The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for s...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Auteurs principaux: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Ithaca [New York] :
Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2021.
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| Édition: | Third edition. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for selecting preferred hypotheses of relationships, and recognition of groups based upon synapomorphies (inferred shared, derived character states) alone"-- |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xix, 436 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501752797 1501752790 9781501752780 1501752782 |