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Biological systematics : principles and applications / Randall T. Schuh, Andrew V.Z. Brower.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schuh, Randall T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Classification.
- Biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 and comparative biology. Randall T. Schuh and Andrew V. Z. Brower cover: -the history and philosophy of systematics and nomenclature;-the mechanics and methods of analysis and evaluation of results;-the practical applications of results and wider relevance within biological classification, biogeography, adaptation and coevolution, biodiversity, and conservation; and-software applications.This new and thoroughly revised edition reflects the exponential growth in the use of DNA sequence data in systematics. New data techniques and a notable increase in the number of examples from molecular systematics will be of interest to students increasingly involved in molecular and genetic work.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-1701-4
- 0-8014-6243-6
- OCLC:
- 1017609425
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