| Description |
[x], 308 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Systematics Association special volume ; no. 64 |
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Systematics Association special volume ; no. 64
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| Contents |
Introduction: morphology, shape, and phylogenetics / Norman MacLeod and Peter L. Forey -- Homology, characters and continuous variables / Christopher John Humphries -- Quantitative characters, phylogenies, and morphometrics / Joseph Felsenstein -- Scaling, polymorphism and cladistic analysis / Todd C. Rae -- Overlapping variables in botanical systematics / Geraldine Reid and Karen Sidwell -- Comparability, morphometrics and phylogenetic systematics / Donald L. Swiderski, Miriam L. Zelditch and William L. Fink -- Phylogenetic signals in morphometric data / Norman MacLeod -- Creases as morphometric characters / Fred L. Bookstein -- Geometric morphometrics and phylogeny / F. James Rohlf -- A parametric bootstrap approach to the detection of phylogenetic signals in landmark data / Theodore M. Cole III, Subhash Lele and Joan T. Richtsmeier -- Phylogenetic tests for differences in shape and the importance of divergence times: Eldredge's enigma explored / P. David Polly -- Ancestral states and evolutionary rates of continuous characters / Andrea J. Webster and Andy Purvis -- Modelling the evolution of continuously varying characters on phylogenetic trees: the case of hominid cranial capacity / Mark Pagel -- Summary / Peter L. Forey |
| Summary |
This volume provides a summary of the interdisciplinary work between biologists and mathematicians of two main areas: those who study shape and form of organisms, and those who work on evolutionary relationships through the analysis of common characteristics |
| Analysis |
Cultural studies Biological sciences Evolution |
| Notes |
This book arises from a symposium held at the University of Glasgow in August 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Morphology.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Phylogeny.
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Morphology -- Congresses.
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Phylogeny -- Congresses.
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Phylogeny.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
MacLeod, Norman, 1953-
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Forey, Peter L.
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Systematics Association.
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| LC no. |
2001052293 |
| ISBN |
0415240743 |
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