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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962237003321

Titolo

Beyond cladistics : the branching of a paradigm / / edited by David M. Williams and Sandra Knapp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley [Calif.], : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612764486

9781282764484

1282764489

9780520947993

0520947991

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

Species and systematics ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsDavid M <1954-> (David Mervyn)

KnappSandra

Disciplina

578.01/2

Soggetti

Cladistic analysis

Biogeography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. On Chris -- pt. 2. Botany -- pt. 3. Cladistics -- pt. 4. Biogeography.

Sommario/riassunto

Cladistics, or phylogenetic systematics-an approach to discovering, unraveling, and testing hypotheses of evolutionary history-took hold during a turbulent and acrimonious time in the history of systematics. During this period-the 1960's and 1970's-much of the foundation of modern systematic methodology was established as cladistic approaches became widely accepted. Virtually complete by the end of the 1980's, the wide perception has been that little has changed. This volume vividly illustrates that cladistic methodologies have continued to be developed, improved upon, and effectively used in ever widening analytically imaginative ways.