Cladistics: Theory and Practice of Parsimony Analysis
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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 biology. 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 systematic relationships among organisms, this book provides a state-of-the-art account of the techniques and methods of modern cladistics, and of how to put them into practice.
List of authors1Introduction to cladistic concepts12Characters and character coding193Cladogram construction, character polarity and rooting384Optimization and the effects of missing values705Measures of character fit and character weighting926Support and confidence statistics for cladograms and groups1187Consensus trees1398Simultaneous and partitioned analysis1519Three-item statements analysis168References187Suggestions for further reading196Glossary199Appendix: Computer programs221Index223
