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The evolution of phylogenetic systematics / / edited by Andrew Hamilton
| The evolution of phylogenetic systematics / / edited by Andrew Hamilton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.01/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HamiltonAndrew <1972-> |
| Collana | Species and systematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology - Classification - Philosophy
Cladistic analysis |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biodiversity
biogeography biological sciences botany character development character transformation engaging evolution experimental approaches experiments historical foundations historical themes life sciences mole morphology natural science observational approaches phylogenetic schemes phylogenetic systematics phylogenetics realism science and math science scientists systematics taxonomy theoretical foundations |
| ISBN | 0-520-95675-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790521403321 |
| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
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The evolution of phylogenetic systematics / / edited by Andrew Hamilton
| The evolution of phylogenetic systematics / / edited by Andrew Hamilton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.01/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HamiltonAndrew <1972-> |
| Collana | Species and systematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology - Classification - Philosophy
Cladistic analysis |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biodiversity
biogeography biological sciences botany character development character transformation engaging evolution experimental approaches experiments historical foundations historical themes life sciences mole morphology natural science observational approaches phylogenetic schemes phylogenetic systematics phylogenetics realism science and math science scientists systematics taxonomy theoretical foundations |
| ISBN | 0-520-95675-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807630403321 |
| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From taxonomy to phylogenetics [[electronic resource]] : life and work of Willi Hennig / / by Michael Schmitt
| From taxonomy to phylogenetics [[electronic resource]] : life and work of Willi Hennig / / by Michael Schmitt |
| Autore | Schmitt Michael <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 570.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biologists - Germany
Cladistic analysis Biology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-21929-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Willi Hennig’s biography -- 3 Willi Hennig’s Personality—The Shy Revolutioniser -- 4 The Taxonomist -- 5 The Systematist -- 6 The Philosopher -- 7 The “Hennigian Revolution” -- 8 Willi Hennig—A Man of order -- References -- Name Index -- Index of Subjects. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462880503321 |
Schmitt Michael <1949->
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| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 | ||
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From taxonomy to phylogenetics [[electronic resource]] : life and work of Willi Hennig / / by Michael Schmitt
| From taxonomy to phylogenetics [[electronic resource]] : life and work of Willi Hennig / / by Michael Schmitt |
| Autore | Schmitt Michael <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 570.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biologists - Germany
Cladistic analysis Biology |
| ISBN | 90-04-21929-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Willi Hennig’s biography -- 3 Willi Hennig’s Personality—The Shy Revolutioniser -- 4 The Taxonomist -- 5 The Systematist -- 6 The Philosopher -- 7 The “Hennigian Revolution” -- 8 Willi Hennig—A Man of order -- References -- Name Index -- Index of Subjects. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786976203321 |
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Schmitt Michael <1949->
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| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 | ||
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From taxonomy to phylogenetics [[electronic resource]] : life and work of Willi Hennig / / by Michael Schmitt
| From taxonomy to phylogenetics [[electronic resource]] : life and work of Willi Hennig / / by Michael Schmitt |
| Autore | Schmitt Michael <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 570.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biologists - Germany
Cladistic analysis Biology |
| ISBN | 90-04-21929-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Willi Hennig’s biography -- 3 Willi Hennig’s Personality—The Shy Revolutioniser -- 4 The Taxonomist -- 5 The Systematist -- 6 The Philosopher -- 7 The “Hennigian Revolution” -- 8 Willi Hennig—A Man of order -- References -- Name Index -- Index of Subjects. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826536703321 |
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| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 | ||
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Phylogenetic systematics as the basis of comparative biology / V. A. Funk and Daniel R. Brooks
| Phylogenetic systematics as the basis of comparative biology / V. A. Funk and Daniel R. Brooks |
| Autore | Funk, Vicki A. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | iii, 45 p. : ill. ; 28 cm |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Brooks, Daniel R.author |
| Collana | Smithsonian contributions to botany ; 73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cladistic analysis
Evolution - Research - Methodology Phylogeny - Research |
| ISBN | 0874743753 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003538689707536 |
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| Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1990 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Phylogenetics [[electronic resource] ] : theory and practice of phylogenetics systematics / / [edited by] E.O. Wiley & Bruce S. Lieberman
| Phylogenetics [[electronic resource] ] : theory and practice of phylogenetics systematics / / [edited by] E.O. Wiley & Bruce S. Lieberman |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WileyE. O
LiebermanBruce S |
| Soggetto topico |
Phylogeny
Biology Cladistic analysis |
| ISBN |
1-118-01787-0
1-283-02664-3 9786613026644 1-118-14810-X 1-118-01786-2 1-118-01788-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PHYLOGENETICS: Theory and Practice of Phylogenetic Systematics; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; 1: INTRODUCTION; PHYLOGENETIC PROPOSITIONS; TOPICS COVERED; TERMS AND CONCEPTS; Disciplines; Organisms and Grouping of Organisms; Phylogenetic History and Evolution; Attributes of Organisms; Classification; PHILOSOPHY AND SYSTEMATICS; The Form of Phylogenetic Hypotheses; CHAPTER SUMMARY; 2: SPECIES AND SPECIATION; WHAT IS IT TO BE A SPECIES?; Species as Kinds; Species as Sets; Species as Individuals; SPECIES CONCEPTS; Process-Based Concepts
The Evolutionary Species Concept Justifications for the ESC; Variations on the ESC; Process-Based Concepts Emphasizing Reproductive Isolation; Phylogenetic Species Concepts; Some Additional Species Concepts; SORTING THROUGH SPECIES CONCEPTS; SPECIATION: MODES AND PATTERNS; Allopartic Speciation; Allopartic Mode I : Vicariance; Allopatric Speciation, Mode II Peripatric Speciation; Distinguishing between Allopatric Modes of Speciation; Parapatric Speciation; Sympatric Speciation; IDENTIFYING MODES OF SPECIATION IN THE FOSSIL RECORD; THE EVOLUTIONARY SPECIES CONCEPT, SPECIATION, AND ECOLOGY EMPIRICAL METHODS FOR DETERMINING SPECIES LIMITS Nontree-Based Methods; Tree-Based Methods; CHAPTER SUMMARY; 3: SUPRA-SPECIFIC TAXA; CONCEPTS OF NATURALNESS AND SUPRA-SPECIFIC TAXA; THE NATURAL TAXON; MONOPHYLY, PARAPHYLY AND POLYPHYLY; HENNIG'S CONCEPTS PLACED IN HISTORY; NATURAL HIGHER TAXA AS MONOPHYLETIC GROUPS SENSU HENNIG (1966); LOGICAL CONSISTENCY: THE HALLMARK OF PROPOSED NATURAL CLASSIFICATIONS; PARAPHYLETIC GROUPS MISREPRESENT CHARACTER EVOLUTION; PARAPHYLY AND POLYPHYLY: TWO FORMS OF NONMONOPHYLY; NODE-BASED AND STEM-BASED MONOPHYLY: SAME CONCEPT DIFFERENT GRAPHS; CHAPTER SUMMARY 4: TREE GRAPHSPHYLOGENETIC TREES; Stem-Based Phylogenetic Trees; Node-Based Phylogenetic Trees; CYCLIC GRAPHS; CLADOGRAMS; Nelson Trees in Phylogenetics; From Nelson Trees to Phylogenetic Trees; GENE TREES; INDIVIDUALS VERSUS SETS OF INDIVIDUALS USED IN AN ANALYSIS; REPRESENTING CHARACTER EVOLUTION ON TREES; UNROOTED TREES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO PHYLOGENETIC TREES; NODE ROTATION; OTHER KINDS OF TREE TERMINOLOGY; CONCEPTS OF MONOPHYLY AND TREES; CHAPTER SUMMARY; 5: CHARACTERS AND HOMOLOGY; A CONCEPT OF CHARACTER; CHARACTER STATES AS PROPERTIES; SHARED CHARACTER STATES HISTORICAL CHARACTER STATES AS PROPERTIES A HISTORICAL KIND PROPERTIES; HISTORICAL GROUPS AND NATURAL KINDS; HOMOLOGY; Haszprunar's Homology Synthesis; Concepts of Homology in Systematics; Phylogenetic Characters and Phylogenetic Homology: An Overview; Taxic Homologies as Properties of Monophyletic Groups; Transformational Homology: Linking Different Hypotheses of Qualitative Identity in a Transformation Series; DISCOVERING AND TESTING HOMOLOGY; Patterson's Tests; Similarity and Remane's Criteria; Similarity in Position: Morphology; Similarity in Position: Molecular Characters Special or Intrinsic Similarity |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141009603321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Systematics and the fossil record : documenting evolutionary patterns / / Andrew B. Smith
| Systematics and the fossil record : documenting evolutionary patterns / / Andrew B. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Andrew B. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Science, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina | 560 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary paleobiology
Cladistic analysis |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-37175-4
9786612371752 1-4443-1391-6 1-4443-1390-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Systematics and the fossil record: documenting evolutionary patterns; Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction; Methods for reconstructing evolutionary patterns; The taxic approach; Cladistics and the phylogenetic approach; Palaeontological data and evolutionary trees; Species, taxa, and macroevolution; 2: Species in the fossil record; Species concepts; Process-related definitions; Pattern-based definitions; Species in palaeontology; Are species different from other taxa?; How phena are recognized; Examples in practice; Samples from a single locality/horizon; Phena within a single evolving lineage
Sexual dimorphism in ammonitesSummary; 3: Parsimony, phylogenetic analysis, and fossils; The cladistic revolution; Characters in phylogenetic analyses; Homology; Choosing and defining characters; Types of characters; Should characters be weighted a priori?; Missing data; Presentation; Cladograms and their construction; Numerical methods; Evaluating the information content of cladograms; Testing the support for individual branches; Multiple equally parsimonious solutions; Rooting and character polarization; Fossils and cladogram rooting; Fossils and phylogenetic reconstruction The failure of palaeontological methods in phylogeny reconstructionEmpirical tests showing the importance of fossils; Total evidence as the most stringent test of homology; Simulation studies; Why fossils are important; Summary; 4: Higher taxa; Why higher taxa are needed in evolutionary studies; The construction of higher taxa; Monophyletic taxa; Paraphyletic taxa; Polyphyletic taxa; Monotypic taxa; What defines a taxon?; Status of our current taxonomic database; Higher taxa and evolutionary patterns; Higher taxa as meaningful biological entities; A case study: paraphyly and rudists Non-monophyletic taxa as samples of phenaClassification and rank; Attributes of rank; Cladistic classifications and the problem of fossils; Macroevolution and emergent characters of higher taxa; Macroevolutionary processes: essential requirements; A case study: onshore origination of higher taxa; Summary; 5: The nature of biostratigraphic data; Biases affecting taxonomic ranges; Factors intrinsic to taxa; Factors extrinsic to taxa; Estimating absolute taxonomic ranges; Quantitative biostratigraphic correlation; Confidence intervals on taxon ranges Taxonomic ranges: do they provide a test of phylogenetic hypotheses?Summary; 6: The construction of evolutionary trees; Trees, cladograms, and ancestors; The concept of ancestry; A pragmatic approach to ancestry; How phylogenetic trees are constructed; When all phena are demonstrably monophyletic; When there are plesiomorphic phena; Unresolved trichotomies; Pitfalls to be avoided; Range extensions, Lazarus taxa, pseudoextinction, and ghost lineages; Using phylogenetic trees to estimate absolute taxonomic ranges; Examples of phylogenetic tree construction in practice; Arbacioid echinoids Asaphine trilobites |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139772203321 |
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Smith Andrew B.
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Science, , 1994 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Systematics and the fossil record : documenting evolutionary patterns / / Andrew B. Smith
| Systematics and the fossil record : documenting evolutionary patterns / / Andrew B. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Andrew B. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Science, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina | 560 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary paleobiology
Cladistic analysis |
| ISBN |
1-282-37175-4
9786612371752 1-4443-1391-6 1-4443-1390-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Systematics and the fossil record: documenting evolutionary patterns; Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction; Methods for reconstructing evolutionary patterns; The taxic approach; Cladistics and the phylogenetic approach; Palaeontological data and evolutionary trees; Species, taxa, and macroevolution; 2: Species in the fossil record; Species concepts; Process-related definitions; Pattern-based definitions; Species in palaeontology; Are species different from other taxa?; How phena are recognized; Examples in practice; Samples from a single locality/horizon; Phena within a single evolving lineage
Sexual dimorphism in ammonitesSummary; 3: Parsimony, phylogenetic analysis, and fossils; The cladistic revolution; Characters in phylogenetic analyses; Homology; Choosing and defining characters; Types of characters; Should characters be weighted a priori?; Missing data; Presentation; Cladograms and their construction; Numerical methods; Evaluating the information content of cladograms; Testing the support for individual branches; Multiple equally parsimonious solutions; Rooting and character polarization; Fossils and cladogram rooting; Fossils and phylogenetic reconstruction The failure of palaeontological methods in phylogeny reconstructionEmpirical tests showing the importance of fossils; Total evidence as the most stringent test of homology; Simulation studies; Why fossils are important; Summary; 4: Higher taxa; Why higher taxa are needed in evolutionary studies; The construction of higher taxa; Monophyletic taxa; Paraphyletic taxa; Polyphyletic taxa; Monotypic taxa; What defines a taxon?; Status of our current taxonomic database; Higher taxa and evolutionary patterns; Higher taxa as meaningful biological entities; A case study: paraphyly and rudists Non-monophyletic taxa as samples of phenaClassification and rank; Attributes of rank; Cladistic classifications and the problem of fossils; Macroevolution and emergent characters of higher taxa; Macroevolutionary processes: essential requirements; A case study: onshore origination of higher taxa; Summary; 5: The nature of biostratigraphic data; Biases affecting taxonomic ranges; Factors intrinsic to taxa; Factors extrinsic to taxa; Estimating absolute taxonomic ranges; Quantitative biostratigraphic correlation; Confidence intervals on taxon ranges Taxonomic ranges: do they provide a test of phylogenetic hypotheses?Summary; 6: The construction of evolutionary trees; Trees, cladograms, and ancestors; The concept of ancestry; A pragmatic approach to ancestry; How phylogenetic trees are constructed; When all phena are demonstrably monophyletic; When there are plesiomorphic phena; Unresolved trichotomies; Pitfalls to be avoided; Range extensions, Lazarus taxa, pseudoextinction, and ghost lineages; Using phylogenetic trees to estimate absolute taxonomic ranges; Examples of phylogenetic tree construction in practice; Arbacioid echinoids Asaphine trilobites |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996218723803316 |
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Smith Andrew B.
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Science, , 1994 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Systematics and the fossil record : documenting evolutionary patterns / / Andrew B. Smith
| Systematics and the fossil record : documenting evolutionary patterns / / Andrew B. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Andrew B. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Science, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina | 560 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary paleobiology
Cladistic analysis |
| ISBN |
1-282-37175-4
9786612371752 1-4443-1391-6 1-4443-1390-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Systematics and the fossil record: documenting evolutionary patterns; Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction; Methods for reconstructing evolutionary patterns; The taxic approach; Cladistics and the phylogenetic approach; Palaeontological data and evolutionary trees; Species, taxa, and macroevolution; 2: Species in the fossil record; Species concepts; Process-related definitions; Pattern-based definitions; Species in palaeontology; Are species different from other taxa?; How phena are recognized; Examples in practice; Samples from a single locality/horizon; Phena within a single evolving lineage
Sexual dimorphism in ammonitesSummary; 3: Parsimony, phylogenetic analysis, and fossils; The cladistic revolution; Characters in phylogenetic analyses; Homology; Choosing and defining characters; Types of characters; Should characters be weighted a priori?; Missing data; Presentation; Cladograms and their construction; Numerical methods; Evaluating the information content of cladograms; Testing the support for individual branches; Multiple equally parsimonious solutions; Rooting and character polarization; Fossils and cladogram rooting; Fossils and phylogenetic reconstruction The failure of palaeontological methods in phylogeny reconstructionEmpirical tests showing the importance of fossils; Total evidence as the most stringent test of homology; Simulation studies; Why fossils are important; Summary; 4: Higher taxa; Why higher taxa are needed in evolutionary studies; The construction of higher taxa; Monophyletic taxa; Paraphyletic taxa; Polyphyletic taxa; Monotypic taxa; What defines a taxon?; Status of our current taxonomic database; Higher taxa and evolutionary patterns; Higher taxa as meaningful biological entities; A case study: paraphyly and rudists Non-monophyletic taxa as samples of phenaClassification and rank; Attributes of rank; Cladistic classifications and the problem of fossils; Macroevolution and emergent characters of higher taxa; Macroevolutionary processes: essential requirements; A case study: onshore origination of higher taxa; Summary; 5: The nature of biostratigraphic data; Biases affecting taxonomic ranges; Factors intrinsic to taxa; Factors extrinsic to taxa; Estimating absolute taxonomic ranges; Quantitative biostratigraphic correlation; Confidence intervals on taxon ranges Taxonomic ranges: do they provide a test of phylogenetic hypotheses?Summary; 6: The construction of evolutionary trees; Trees, cladograms, and ancestors; The concept of ancestry; A pragmatic approach to ancestry; How phylogenetic trees are constructed; When all phena are demonstrably monophyletic; When there are plesiomorphic phena; Unresolved trichotomies; Pitfalls to be avoided; Range extensions, Lazarus taxa, pseudoextinction, and ghost lineages; Using phylogenetic trees to estimate absolute taxonomic ranges; Examples of phylogenetic tree construction in practice; Arbacioid echinoids Asaphine trilobites |
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Smith Andrew B.
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Science, , 1994 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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