| The Evolution of Phylogenetic Systematics: Volume 5 Contributor(s): Hamilton, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520276582 ISBN-13: 9780520276581 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
| Dewey: 578.012 |
| LCCN: 2013021973 |
| Series: Species and Systematics |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Evolution of Phylogenetic Systematics aims to make sense of the rise of phylogenetic systematics-its methods, its objects of study, and its theoretical foundations-with contributions from historians, philosophers, and biologists. This volume articulates an intellectual agenda for the study of systematics and taxonomy in a way that connects classification with larger historical themes in the biological sciences, including morphology, experimental and observational approaches, evolution, biogeography, debates over form and function, character transformation, development, and biodiversity. It aims to provide frameworks for answering the question: how did systematics become phylogenetic? |