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Title Molecular systematics and evolution : theory and practice / edited by R. DeSalle, G. Giribet and W. Wheeler
Published Basel, Switzerland ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [2002]
©2002

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Description ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series EXS ; 92
Experientia. Supplementum ; 92
Contents Cladistics, populations and species in geographical space: the case of Heliconius butterflies / Andrew V.Z. Brower -- Species to genera: phylogenetic inference in the Hawaiian Drosophilidae / Patrick M. O'Grady -- Higher level systematic analysis of birds: current problems and possible solutions / Scott E. Stanley and Joel L. Cracraft -- Relative quality of different systematic datasets for cetartiodactyl mammals: assessments within a combined analysis framework / John Gatesy -- Phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders based on 18S ribosomal DNA: when bad things happen to good data / Michael E. Whiting -- Relationships among metazoan phyla as inferred from 18S rRNA sequence data: a methodological approach / Gonzalo Giribet -- DNA multiple sequence alignments / Gonzalo Giribet, Ward C. Wheeler and Jyrki Muona -- Theory and practice of parallel direct optimization / Daniel A. Janies and Ward C. Wheeler -- Some statistical aspects of the maximum parsimony method / Mike Steel -- 'Pluralism' and the aims of phylogenetic research / Gonzalo Giribet, Rob DeSalle and Ward C. Wheeler -- Molecular systematics and the origin of species: new syntheses or methodological introgressions? / Paul Z. Goldstein and Andrew V.Z. Brower -- Is morphology still relevant? / Richard H. Baker and John Gatesy -- Development, homology and systematics / Ranhy Bang, Ted R. Schultz and Rob DeSalle -- Gene family phylogenetics: tracing protein evolution on trees / Joe Thornton -- Evolution of spider silk proteins: insight from phylogenetic analyses / Cheryl Y. Hayashi -- Comparative methods and evolution / Alfried P. Vogler and Andy Purvis -- The use of physiological data to corroborate cospeciation events / Michele K. Nishiguchi -- Reexamining microbial evolution through the lens of horizontal transfer / Paul J. Planet
Summary Wheeler, Ward, Investigator, Non-NASA Center: Am Mus Natl Hist, New York, NY
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes EXS no:92
Subject Biology -- Classification -- Molecular aspects.
Molecular evolution.
Author DeSalle, Rob.
Giribet, Gonzalo.
Wheeler, Ward.
LC no. 2001037878
ISBN 3764365447 alkaline paper
0817665447 alkaline paper