Research Catalog

Title

Phylogenetics : the theory and practice of phylogenetic systematics / E.O. Wiley.

Author

Wiley, E. O.

Publication

New York : Wiley, ©1981.

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Description

xv, 439 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

Presents a clear, simple and comprehensive overview of the phylogenetic approach to systematics, which has two major goals: reconstructing the evolutionary relationships among organisms and integrating the results into general reference classifications. Shows how the results of systematic research can be applied to studying the pattern and processes of evolution.

Series Statement

A Wiley-Interscience publication

Uniform Title

Wiley-Interscience publication

Subject

• Phylogeny
• Biology > Classification
• Cladistic analysis
• Biology
• Biology
• Classification > methods
• Phylogeny
• biology
• Cladistic analysis
• Phylogenie
• Analyse cladistique
• Phylogénie
• Sciences naturelles > Classification

Genre/Form

• Classification
• Classification.

Note

• "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 401-419.

Contents

Introduction : Topics covered ; Terms and concepts ; Philosophy and systematics ; Approaches to scientific reasoning -- Species and speciation : Species concepts : The nature of species ; The biological species concept ; The evolutionary species concept. Speciation—modes and patterns : Speciation vs. “phyletic speciation” ; Reductive speciation ; Additive speciation ; Allopatric speciation models ; Allo-parapatric speciation ; Parapatric speciation ; Stasipatric speciation ; Sympatric speciation. Decisions on the species level : Distributions ; Mode of reproduction. Bisexual species—sympatric occurrences ; Bisexual species—allopatric occurrences ; Biogeographic data and allopatric decisions -- Supraspecific taxa : Naturalness and supraspecific taxa : Historical concepts of naturalness ; The natural taxon ; The natural higher taxon ; Monophyly ; Characters and genealogy ; The insufficiency of overall similarity. Terms for supraspecific taxa : Monophyletic groups ; Paraphyletic groups ; Polyphyletic groups ; Discussion of paraphyly and polyphyly ; Examples of monophyly, paraphyly, and polyphyly -- Phylogenetic trees : Phylogenetic trees : Dendrograms and phylogenetic trees ; Cladograms and phylogenetic trees. Testing phylogenetic trees : Parsimony and the need for the out-group ; Errors in tree analysis -- Characters and reconstruction of phylogenies : Characters : Types of characters ; Holomorphology and semaphoronts. Homology and nonhomology ; Levels of universality ; Recognition criteria of homology : Morphological criteria of homology ; Phylogenetic criteria of homology ; Errors in character analysis. Character analysis—some examples : Example 1: the phylogenetic relationships of neocteniza ; Example 2: recent neopterygian fishes ; Example 3: the phylogenetic relationships of leysera. Other methods of argumentation : Wagner’s groundplan divergence analysis ; Computerized Wagner algorithms -- Phylogenetic classification : Classifications—some general types ; Biological classification : Components of phylogenetic classifications ; Grouping and ranking taxa ; The Linnaean hierarchy and its alternatives ; Definitions of higher categories. Conventions for annotated Linnaean classifications : Combined fossil and recent classifications ; The classification of ancestors ; Classification of reticulate evolution and taxa of symbiotic origin ; Classifying dendrograms and trees ; Other information ; Applications of the annotated system. Veracity and phylogenetic classification -- Taxonomic alternatives to the phylogenetic system : Evolutionary taxonomy : The goals of evolutionary taxonomic classifications ; Morphological gaps ; Speciose groups ; Adaptive zones ; Monophyly ; Concepts of grades and horizontal relationships ; Genetic and genealogical relationships ; Classifications and information content ; Evolutionary taxonomy—summary remarks. Phenetics : Stability, phenetics, and phylogenetics ; Information content, phenetics, and phylogenetics ; Gilmour naturalness and phenetics ; Phenetics—summary remarks -- Biogeography : Descriptive and interpretive biogeography : Descriptive biogeography ; Interpretive biogeography. Some biogeographic terms and concepts : Biotas and areas of endemism ;Dispersal ; Centers of origin. Approaches to historical biogeography : Evolutionary biogeography ; Phylogenetic biogeography ; Vicariance biogeography -- Specimens and curation : Specimens and samples : Access to specimens ; Field collecting. The systematics collection : Loans and exchanges. Curation : Arrangement of collections ; Type specimens ; Catalogues ; Curation as a responsibility -- Characters and quantitative character analysis : Some classes of characters : Morphological characters ; Chromosomes ; Biochemical characters. Quantitative character analysis : Selecting quantitative characters ; Univariate (single character) analysis ; Bi- and trivariate character analysis ; Multivariate character analysis ; Principal components analysis ; Discriminant analysis -- Publication and rules of nomenclature : Systematic literature : Types of systematic publications ; Use of literature. Publication of systematic studies : Major features of the formal taxonomic work. The rules of nomenclature : Purposes of the codes ; The codes ; General principles ; Basic nomenclatural concepts ; Priority ; Names ; Synonyms ; Homonyms ; The type concept ; Publication ; Rules affecting taxa.

ISBN

• 0471059757
• 9780471059752

LCCN

81005080

OCLC

• ocm07273196
• 7273196
• SCSB-1950840

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library