Biological systematics : principles and applications / Andrew V. Z. Brower, Randall T. Schuh.

"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...

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Main Authors: Brower, Andrew V. Z. (Andrew Van Zandt), 1962- (Author), Schuh, Randall T. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Edition:Third edition.
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250 |a Third edition. 
264 1 |a Ithaca [New York] :  |b Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press,  |c 2021. 
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300 |a 1 online resource (xix, 436 pages) :  |b illustrations 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction to systematics -- Systematics and the philosophy of science -- Characters and character states -- Character polarity and inferring homology -- Tree-building algorithms and philosophies -- Evaluating results -- Species -- Nomenclature, classifications, and systematic databases -- The integration of phylogenetics, historical biogeography and host -- Parasite coevolution -- Ecology, adaptation, and evolutionary scenarios -- Understanding molecular clocks and time trees -- Biodiversity and conservation -- Parsimony and the future of systematics. 
520 |a "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"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
588 |a Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 14, 2021). 
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