The evolution of phylogenetic systematics / / edited by Andrew Hamilton

• Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 578.01/2
• Soggetto topico: Biology - Classification - Philosophy; Cladistic analysis
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HamiltonAndrew <1972->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Contributors -- 1. Reflections On The History Of Systematics -- 2. Willi Hennig'S Part In The History Of Systematics -- 3. Homology As A Bridge Between Evolutionary Morphology, Developmental Evolution, And Phylogenetic Systematics -- 4. Historical And Conceptual Perspectives On Modern Systematics: Groups, Ranks, And The Phylogenetic Turn -- 5. The Early Cladogenesis Of Cladistics -- 6. Cladistics At An Earlier Time -- 7. Patterson'S Curse, Molecular Homology, And The Data Matrix -- 8. History And Theory In The Development Of Phylogenetics In Botany -- 9. Well-Structured Biology: Numerical Taxonomy'S Epistemic Vision For Systematics -- 10. A Comparison Of Alternative Form-Characterization: Approaches To The Automated Identification Of Biological Species -- 11. The New Systematics, The New Taxonomy, And The Future Of Biodiversity Studies -- Index -- About The Editor -- Species And Systematics
• Sommario/riassunto: The Evolution of Phylogenetic Systematics aims to make sense of the rise of phylogenetic systematics-its methods, its objects of study, and its theoretical foundations-with contributions from historians, philosophers, and biologists. This volume articulates an intellectual agenda for the study of systematics and taxonomy in a way that connects classification with larger historical themes in the biological sciences, including morphology, experimental and observational approaches, evolution, biogeography, debates over form and function, character transformation, development, and biodiversity. It aims to provide frameworks for answering the question: how did systematics become phylogenetic?
• Titolo autorizzato: The evolution of phylogenetic systematics
• ISBN: 0-520-95675-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452458003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Species and systematics ; ; v. 5.