Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form : An Analytical Approach

Jonathan M. Adrain

ISBN 10: 0306467216 / ISBN 13: 9780306467219

Verlag: Springer US, Springer US, 2002

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This book applies these tools to paleontological data. The fossil record is our one true chronicle of the history of life, preserving a set of macroevolutionary patterns; thus various hypotheses about evolutionary processes can be tested in the fossil record using phylogentic analysis and morphometrics. The first book of its type, Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form will be useful in evolutionary biology, paleontology, systematics, evolutionary development, theoretical biology, biogeography, and zoology. It will also provide a practical, researcher-friendly gateway into computer-based phylogenetics and morphometrics.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780306467219

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form : An Analytical Approach
• Verlag: Springer US, Springer US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0306467216
• ISBN-13: 9780306467219
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This book applies these tools to paleontological data.

The fossil record is our one true chronicle of the history of life, preserving a set of macroevolutionary patterns; thus various hypotheses about evolutionary processes can be tested in the fossil record using phylogentic analysis and morphometrics.

The first book of its type, Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form will be useful in evolutionary biology, paleontology, systematics, evolutionary development, theoretical biology, biogeography, and zoology. It will also provide a practical, researcher-friendly gateway into computer-based phylogenetics and morphometrics.