Morphology, Shape and Phylogeny

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

Del i serien Systematics Association Special Volumes

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Beskrivning

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 relationships will find this volume invaluable.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-02-07
Mått:156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt:750 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Systematics Association Special Volumes
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415240741

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'The editors have identified an area that is ready for a major synthetic contribution, and they have assembled an impressive list of authors' - Mark Wilkinson, Natural History Museum, UK

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Morphology, Shape and Phylogenetics. Homology, Characters and Continuous Variables. Quantitative Characters, Phylogenies, and Morphometrics. Scaling, Polymorphism and Cladistic Analysis. Overlapping Variables in Botanical Systems. 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 Explored. Ancestral States and Evolutionary Rates of Continuous Characters. Modelling the Evolution of Continuously Varying Characters on Phylogenetic Trees: the Case of Hominid Cranial Capacity. Summary.