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Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications draws equally from examples in botany and zoology to provide a modern account of cladistic principles and techniques. It is a core systematics textbook with a focus on parsimony-based approaches for students and biologists interested in systematics...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schuh, Randall T.
Otros Autores: Brower, Andrew V. Z. (Andrew Van Zandt), 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kladistik.
Systematik.
Biologi.
Biologie
Systematik
Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Biologie > Classification.
Biology > Classification.
Classification.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to systematics
  • Systematics and the philosophy of science
  • Characters and character states
  • Character polarity and inferring homology
  • Tree-building algorithms
  • Evaluating results
  • Nomenclature, classifications, and systematic databases
  • Historical biogeography and host-parasite coevolution
  • Ecology, adaptation, and evolutionary scenarios
  • Biodiversity and conservation.

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