Phylogenetic Analysis of DNA Sequences
Joel Cracraft author Michael M Miyamoto author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:13th Feb '92
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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 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. This volume surveys the emerging field of molecular systematics of DNA sequences by focusing on the following topics: DNA sequence data acquisition; phylogenetic inference; congruence and consensus problems; limitations of molecular data; and integration of molecular and morphological data sets. The volume takes its inspiration from a major symposium sponsored by the American Society of Zoologists and the Society of Systematic Zoology in December, 1989.
'This book captures the excitement that the increasing availability of DNA sequence data is bringing to the study of systematics ... I enjoyed the book. I learnt a great deal from it and would recommend it as a useful reference and entrance to the literature. It should be mentioned that the chapters were all peer-reviewed, and the standards of writing and presentation are both high.' B.S. Weir, North Carolina State University, Journal of Classification 10 (1993)
ISBN: 9780195066982
Dimensions: 241mm x 162mm x 27mm
Weight: 799g
368 pages