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Primates and their relatives in phylogenetic perspective

Title
Primates and their relatives in phylogenetic perspective / edited by Ross D.E. MacPhee.
Publication
New York : Plenum Press, [1993], ©1993.

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MacPhee, R. D. E.
Description
xii, 383 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Advances in primatology
Uniform Title
Advances in primatology.
Subject
  • Primates > Phylogeny
  • Cladistic analysis
  • Anatomy, Comparative
  • Primates > Evolution
  • Primates
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • 1. The Importance of Methods: Archontan Phylogeny and Cladistic Analysis of Morphological Data / Nancy B. Simmons -- 2. Origin and Evolution of Gliding in Early Cenozoic Dermoptera (Mammalia, Primatomorpha) / K. Christopher Beard -- 3. The Implications of the Propatagial Muscles of Flying and Gliding Mammals for Archontan Systematics / J. G. M. Thewissen and S. K. Babcock -- 4. Ontogeny of the Tympanic Floor and Roof in Archontans / John R. Wible and James R. Martin -- 5. Developmental Evidence from the Fetal Membranes for Assessing Archontan Relationships / W. Patrick Luckett -- 6. Cranioskeletal Morphology of Archontans, and Diagnoses of Chiroptera, Volitantia, and Archonta / Frederick S. Szalay and Spencer G. Lucas -- 7. A Molecular Examination of Archontan and Chiropteran Monophyly / Ronald M. Adkins and Rodney L. Honeycutt.
  • 8. A Molecular View of Primate Supraordinal Relationships from the Analysis of Both Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences / Michael J. Stanhope, Wendy J. Bailey, John Czelusniak, Morris Goodman, Jing-Sheng Si, John Nickerson, John G. Sgouros, Gamal A. M. Singer and Traute K. Kleinschmidt -- 9. Phylogeny through Brain Traits: Interordinal Relationships among Mammals Including Primates and Chiroptera / J. I. Johnson and J. A. W. Kirsch -- 10. The Role of the Neurosciences in Primate Evolutionary Biology: Historical Commentary and Prospectus / Todd M. Preuss -- 11. Summary / Ross D. E. MacPhee.
ISBN
0306444224
LCCN
  • 93004969
  • N6-762268
OCLC
  • 28257573
  • ocm28257573
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries