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Cladistics: Perspectives on the Reconstruction of Evolutionary History
Papers Presented at a Workshop on the Theory and Application of Cladistic Methodology, March · 22–28, 1981, University of California, Berkeley
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Edited by:
Thomas Duncan
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English
Published/Copyright:
1984
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A collection of papers from a conference on cladistics that present a variety of views on the theory and methods of phylogenetic reconstruction.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Contributors
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Introduction
XV - Part I. Philosophical Concerns
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Introduction
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1. Cladistic Theory: Hypotheses That Blur and Grow
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2. The Relevance of Parsimony to Phylogenetic Inference
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3. Monophyly: Its Meaning and Importance
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Introduction
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4. The Concept of Homology and Its Central Role in the Elucidation of Plant Systematic Relationships
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5. Problems in the Determination of Evolutionary Directionality of Character-State Change for Phylogenetic Reconstruction
71 - Part III. Cladogram Construction
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Introduction
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6. Applications of the Concepts of Groundplan-Divergence
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7. Quantitative Parsimony
119 - Section B. Compatibility Methods
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8. Phylogenetic Trees and Character-State Trees
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9. Evaluating Characters by Character Compatibility Analysis
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10. The Statistical Approach to Inferring Evolutionary Trees and What It Tells Us About Parsimony and Compatibility
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11. Application of Compatibility and Parsimony Methods at the Infraspecific, Specific, and Generic Levels in Poaceae
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12. Cladistic and Other Methods: Problems, Pitfalls, and Potentials
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Introduction
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13. Considerations in Formalizing a Classification
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14. Cladistics and Biogeography
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Appendix: An Introduction to Computer-Assisted Cladistic Analysis
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Participants in the Workshop on the Theory and Application of Cladistic Methodology
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Author Index
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Subject Index
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