00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862447397 Buklod 20240122160711.0 m | | ta 220315s2021 nyua rb |||1 u|eng d 9781501752773 (hardcover) (iLib)UPBAG-00044165573 BC-72547 Mind Movers Publishing House Php7,680.00 Dept. of Biology OLC BAG rda eng QH 83 B76 2021 Brower, Andrew V.Z. (Andrew Van Zandt) 1962- author. Biological systematics principles and applications Andrew V. Z. Brower, Randall T. Schuh. Third edition. Ithaca, New York Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2021. xix, 436 pages illustrations 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introduction to systematics -- Systematics and the philosophy of science -- Characters and character states -- Character polarity and inferring homology -- Tree-building algorithms and philosophies -- Evaluating results -- Species -- Nomenclature, classifications, and systematic databases -- The integration of phylogenetics, historical biogeography and host -- Parasite coevolution -- Ecology, adaptation, and evolutionary scenarios -- Understanding molecular clocks and time trees -- Biodiversity and conservation -- Parsimony and the future of systematics. "The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for selecting preferred hypotheses of relationships, and recognition of groups based upon synapomorphies (inferred shared, derived character states) alone." Biology Classification. Schuh, Randall T. author. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN QH 83 B76 2021 Book