Evolution of phylogenetic systematics / [edited by] Andrew Hamilton.
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TextSeries: Species and systematics ; v 5Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2014.Description: viii, 311 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780520276581 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 578.012 23 H217
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| 578.012 C637 Introduction to numerical classification | 578.012 C714 Numerical taxonomy | 578.012 G819 Language of Taxonomy | 578.012 H217 Evolution of phylogenetic systematics / | 578.012 H971 Phylogenetic networks | 578.012 J37 Structure and construction of taxonomic hierarchies | 578.012 P222 Analysis of phylogenetics and evolution with R |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One. Historical Foundations
1. Reflections on the history of systematics / Robert E. Kohler --
2. Willi Hennig's part in the history of systematics / Michael Schmitt --
3. Homology as a bridge between evolutionary morphology, developmental evolution, and phylogenetic systematics / Manfred D. Laubichler --
Part Two. Conceptual Fundations
4. Historical and conceptual perspectives on modern systematics : groups, ranks, and the phylogenetic turn / Andrew Hamilton --
5. The early cladogenesis of cladistics / Olivier Rieppel --
6. Cladistics at an earlier time / Gareth Nelson --
7. Patterson's curse, molecular homology, and the data matrix / David M. Williams and Malte C. Ebach --
8. History and theory in the development of phylogenetics in botany : toward the future / Brent D. Mishler --
Part Three. Technology, Concepts, And Practice
9. Well-structured biology : numerical taxonomy's epistemic vision for systematics / Beckett Sterner --
10. A comparison of alternative form-characterization : approaches to the automated identification of biological species / Norman MacLeod --
11. The new systematics, the new taxonomy, and the future of biodiversity studies / Quentin Wheeler and Andrew Hamilton--
Index.
"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?" -- Publisher's website.
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