Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data
In this volume, eleven leading systematists provide an overview of recent advances and controversies in morphological phylogenetics. They summarize new methodological developments—including approaches for analyzing ontogenetic data, fossils, morphometric characters, intraspecific variation, and hybrid taxa—and review published studies to evaluate how morphological phylogenetics has actually been practiced. They also discuss the relationship between morphological and molecular systematics, and...
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New methodological developments in morphological phylogenetics including approaches for analyzing ontogenetic data, fossils, morphometric characters, intraspecific variation, and hybrid taxa are summarized in this book. The actual practice of morphological phylogenetics is also evaluated, especially in regard to its controversial use in the study of the evolution of morphological characters. Booknews Biologists, some with specialties, and a paleontologist summarize research on selected topics relating to using a phylogenetic framework to understand how plants and animals, their traits, and interactions between species evolve. The eight studies are from the 1996 symposium Morphological Data in Phylogenetic Analysis: Recent Progress and Unresolved Problems, held in St. Louis, Missouri. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
List of ContributorsviiPrefaceix1.Molecules Versus Morphology in Systematics: Conflicts, Artifacts, and Misconceptions12.Character Selection and the Methodology of Morphological Phylogenetics203.Discovery of Phylogenetic Characters in Morphometric Data374.The Usefulness of Ontogeny in Interpreting Morphological Characters845.Coding Morphological Variation Within Species and Higher Taxa for Phylogenetic Analysis1156.Hybridization and Phylogenetics: Special Insights from Morphology1467.Using Stratigraphic Information in Phylogenetics1658.Logical Problems Associated with Including and Excluding Characters During Tree Reconstruction and Their Implications for the Study of Morphological Character Evolution192Index213
\ BooknewsBiologists, some with specialties, and a paleontologist summarize research on selected topics relating to using a phylogenetic framework to understand how plants and animals, their traits, and interactions between species evolve. The eight studies are from the 1996 symposium Morphological Data in Phylogenetic Analysis: Recent Progress and Unresolved Problems, held in St. Louis, Missouri. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
