Author: N. R. Scott-Ram
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: evolution, taxonomy, cladistics, transformed
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 1990-03-30
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0521340861
ISBN-13: 9780521340861

This is an examination of the relationship between classification and evolutionary theory, with reference to the competing schools of taxonomic thinking. Emphasis is placed on one of these schools, the transformed cladists who have attempted to reject all evolutionary thinking in classification and to cast doubt on evolution in general. The author examines the limits to this line of thought from a philosophical and methodological perspective. He concludes that transformed cladistics does not achieve what it claims and that it either implicitly assumes a Platonic World View, or is unintelligib

Author: Gareth J. Nelson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: vicariance, cladistics, biogeography, systematics
Number of Pages: 567
Published: 1981-09
List price: $152.50
ISBN-10: 0231045743
ISBN-13: 9780231045742

Authors:Peter Skelton, Andrew Smith, Neale Monks,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: rom, primer, practical, cladistics
Number of Pages: 92
Published: 2002-10-28
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0521523419
ISBN-13: 9780521523417

Cladistics and phylogenetic reconstruction are difficult subjects for biology students to learn when taught from conventional textbooks. This interactive CD provides students with a complete self-study, introductory course in phylogenetic reconstruction using cladistic analysis. Including animated sequences, questions at the end of each section, and practical exercises, it is the first exclusively pedagogical CD-ROM devoted to the topic. Students who finish the course should have a basic understanding of cladistics and the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships from morphological and mol

Authors:Ian Kitching, Peter Forey, Christopher Humphries, Dav
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: systematics, association, special, analysis, parsimony, theory, practice, cladistics
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 1998-09-10
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0198501382
ISBN-13: 9780198501381

Cladistics aims to reconstruct genealogies based on common ancestry, thus revealing the phylogenetic relationships between taxa. Its applications vary from linguistic analysis to the study of conservation and biodiversity, and it has become a method of choice for comparative studies in all fields of biiology. This new edition of Cladistics--first published in 1992--reflects the many changes and developments which have taken place in the field over the last five years, while retaining the clarity and readability that made the first edition so successful. For all students interested in the syste

Authors:Peter L. Forey, Christopher J. Humphries, Ian J. Kit
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: systematics, association, special, course, practical, cladistics
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1993-11-25
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0198577664
ISBN-13: 9780198577669

Cladistics is the method of choice for systematic classification and comparative studies in all fields of biology. In cladistics, reconstructed genealogies are based on common ancestry rather than on simple anatomical similarity and therefore effectively reveal true phylogenetic relationships. Now available in paperback, this excellent introduction to cladistics is based on the popular training course originally offered by the Systematics Association. The book surveys a wide range of topics, including the principle of parsimony, character coding and cladistic tree-building methods, tree sta