Screen LibraryCladistics : a guide to biological classification /
"This new edition of a foundational text presents a contemporary review of cladistics, as applied to biological classification. It provides a comprehensive account of the past 50 years of discussion on the relationship between classification, phylogeny and evolution. It covers cladistics in the...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: |
Systematics Association special volume ;
volume 88 |
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| Summary: |
"This new edition of a foundational text presents a contemporary review of cladistics, as applied to biological classification. It provides a comprehensive account of the past 50 years of discussion on the relationship between classification, phylogeny and evolution. It covers cladistics in the era of molecular data, detailing new advances and ideas that have emerged over the last 25 years. Written in an accessible style by internationally renowned authors in the field, readers are straightforwardly guided through fundamental principles and terminology. Simple worked examples and easy-to-understand diagrams also help readers navigate complex problems that have perplexed scientists for centuries. This practical guide is an essential addition for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in taxonomy, systematics, comparative biology, evolutionary biology and molecular biology"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 435 pages : illustrations, forms ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107400412 (paperback) : 1107400414 (paperback) 9781107008106 (hardback) 1107008107 (hardback) 9781139047678 (epub) 1139047671 (epub) |
| Index Number: | QH83 |
| CLC: | Q19 |
| Call Number: | Q19/W722/3rd ed. |
| Contents: |
Introduction: Carving nature at its joints, or Why birds are not dinosaurs and men are not apes -- The Interrelationships of Organisms: What this book is about -- Classification -- Systematics: Exposing Myths: Relationship diagrams -- Essentialism and typology -- Monothetic and polythetic taxa -- Non-taxa or the absence of -phyly: paraphyly and aphyly -- The Cladistic Programme: Parameters of classification: ordo ab chao -- How to Study Classification: Modern artificial methods and raw data -- How to study classification: consensus techniques and general classifications -- How to study classification: 'total evidence' vs 'consensus', character congruence vs taxonomic congruence, simultaneous analysis vs partitioned data -- How to study classification: natural methods I: consensus revisited -- How to study classification: natural methods II: beyond method, the philosophy of three-item analysis -- Beyond Classification: Beyond classification: how to study phylogeny -- The separation of classification and phylogenetics -- Further myths and misunderstandings. |