Homology and Systematics : Coding Characters for Phylogenetic Analysis /: Coding Characters for Phylogenetic Analysis. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Robert Scotland, R. Toby Pennington.
• Editors: Scotland, Robert; Pennington, R. Toby
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Homology and the inference of systematic relationships:some historical and philosophical perspectives; Chapter 2 A survey of primary homology assessment: different botanists perceive and define characters in different ways; Chapter 3 Experiments in coding rnultistate characters; Chapter 4 On characters and character states: do overlapping and non-overlapping variation, morphology and molecules all yield data of the same value! Chapter 5 Heuristic reconstruction of hypothetical-ancestral DNA sequences: sequence alignmentvs direct optimizationChapter 6 'Cryptic' characters in monocotyledons: homology and coding Revisiting old characters in the light of new data and new phylogenies; Chapter 7 Process morphology from a cladistic perspective; Chapter 8 Homology, coding and three-taxon statement analysis; Chapter 9 Characters, homology and three-item analysis; Index; Systematics Asssciation Publications
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 576.8/8; Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Botany; Natural history; Zoology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482268249; 1482268248
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