| Phylogenetic Analysis of DNA Sequences Contributor(s): Miyamoto, Michael M. (Author), Cracraft, Joel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195066987 ISBN-13: 9780195066982 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $346.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1991 Annotation: With increasing frequency, systematic and evolutionary biologists have turned to the techniques of molecular biology to complement their traditional morphological and anatomical approaches to questions of the historical relationship and descent among groups of animals and plants. In particular, the comparative analysis of DNA sequences is becoming a common and important focus of research attention today. The objective of this volume is to survey the emerging field of molecular systematics of DNA sequences, and to appraise the strengths and limitations of the different approaches yielded by these techniques. The contributors are an internationally recognized group of investigators from different schools and disciplines who critically address a diversity of crucial questions about DNA systematics, including DNA sequence data acquisition, phylogenetic inference, congruence and consensus problems, limitations of molecular data, and the integration of molecular and morphological data sets. The work will interest all botanists and zoologists involved in systematics, taxonomy, and evolution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Cell Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics |
| Dewey: 574.873 |
| LCCN: 90028771 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.53 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With increasing frequency, systematic and evolutionary biologists have turned to the techniques of molecular biology to complement their traditional morphological and anatomical approaches to questions of the historical relationship and descent among groups of animals and plants. In particular, the comparative analysis of DNA sequences is becoming a common and important focus of research attention today. The objective of this volume is to survey the emerging field of molecular systematics of DNA sequences, and to appraise the strengths and limitations of the different approaches yielded by these techniques. The contributors are an internationally recognized group of investigators from different schools and disciplines who critically address a diversity of crucial questions about DNA systematics, including DNA sequence data acquisition, phylogenetic inference, congruence and consensus problems, limitations of molecular data, and the integration of molecular and morphological data sets. The work will interest all botanists and zoologists involved in systematics, taxonomy, and evolution. |