Morphology, shape and phylogeny / / edited by Norman MacLeod, Peter L. Forey

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Taylor & Francis, 2002; London ; ; New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 571.3
• Soggetto topico: Morphology; Phylogeny
• Altri autori: MacleodNorman ForeyPeter L
• Note generali: This book arises from a symposium held at the University of Glasgow in August 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: morphology, shape, and phylogenetics; Homology, characters and continuous variables; Quantitative characters, phylogenies, and morphometrics; Scaling, polymorphism and cladistic analysis; Overlapping variables in botanical systematics; Comparability, morphometrics and phylogenetic systematics; Phylogenetic signals in morphometric data; Creases as morphometric characters; Geometric morphometrics and phylogeny; A parametric bootstrap approach to the detection of phylogenetic signals in landmark data ; Phylogenetic tests for differences in shape and the importance of divergence times: Eldredge's enigma exploredAncestral states and evolutionary rates of continuous characters; Modelling the evolution of continuously varying characters on phylogenetic trees: the case of Hominid cranial capacity; Summary; Index; Systematics Association Publications
• Sommario/riassunto: Generally, biologists and mathematicians who study the shape and form of organisms have largely been working in isolation from those who work on evolutionary relationships through the analysis of common characteristics. Increasingly however, dialogue between the two communities is beginning to develop - but other than a handful of journal papers, there has been no formal, published discussion on this subject. This timely book summarises the interdisciplinary work that has taken place to date and will stimulate additional research into these topics. Any scientist working on evolutionary relatio
• Titolo autorizzato: Morphology, shape and phylogeny
• ISBN: 1-134-55051-0; 0-429-21744-7; 1-134-55052-9; 1-280-05253-8; 9786610052530; 0-203-16517-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953303903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Systematics Association special volume ; ; no. 64.