Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data: Smithsonian Series in Comparative Evolutionary Biology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781560988168)

In this volume, eleven leading systematists provide an overview of recent advances and controversies in morphological phylogenetics. They summarize new methodological developments--including approaches for analyzing ontogenetic data, fossils, morphometric characters, intraspecific variation, and hybrid taxa--and review published studies to evaluate how morphological phylogenetics has actually been practiced. They also discuss the relationship between morphological and molecular systematics, and address the controversial use of morphology-based phylogenies to study the evolution of morphological characters.

This volume is the first dedicated to morphological phylogenetics. It will be a valuable synthesis for all phylogenetic biologists, including molecular and morphological systematists, paleontologists and neontologists, and botanists and zoologists.

Author: John J. Wiens
ISBN-10: 1560988169
ISBN-13: 9781560988168
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2000
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.93h x 5.96w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2000 pg. 63
Choice 04/01/2001 pg. 1485