| Morphological Evolution, Adaptations, Homoplasies, Constraints, and Evolutionary Trends: Catfishes as a Case Study on General Phylogeny & Macroevoluti Contributor(s): Diogo, Rui (Author) |
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ISBN: 1578082919 ISBN-13: 9781578082919 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Fish - Science | Life Sciences - Marine Biology |
| Dewey: 597.49 |
| LCCN: 2004056834 |
| Physical Information: 502 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The major aim of this work is, to help clarify the interrelationships of catfishes, with major implications on the study of the general evolution of these fishes. A great part of this work, therefore, deals with a cladistic analysis of catfish higher-level phylogeny based on extensive morphological data, in which are included some terminal taxa not included in previous analyses, but principally a large number of characters traditionally excluded from those analyses, with particular attention being given to catfish morphology. This analysis gives particular importance to complex, integrated structures. It will be interest to students, ichthyologists and biologists working in evolution, taxonomy and phylogeny. |