The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on
phylogenetics
Since the publication of the first edition of this landmark
volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic systematics
has taken its place as the dominant paradigm of systematic biology.
It has profoundly influenced the way scientists study evolution,
and has seen many theoretical and technical advances as the field
has continued to grow. It goes almost without saying that the next
twenty-five years of phylogenetic research will prove as
fascinating as the first, with many exciting developments yet to
come.
This new edition of Phylogenetics captures the very
essence of this rapidly evolving discipline. Written for the
practicing systematist and phylogeneticist, it addresses both the
philosophical and technical issues of the field, as well as surveys
general practices in taxonomy. Major sections of the book deal with
the nature of species and higher taxa, homology and characters,
trees and tree graphs, and biogeography–the purpose being to
develop biologically relevant species, character, tree, and
biogeographic concepts that can be applied fruitfully to
phylogenetics.
The book then turns its focus to phylogenetic trees, including
an in-depth guide to tree-building algorithms. Additional coverage
includes:
* Parsimony and parsimony analysis
* Parametric phylogenetics including maximum likelihood and
Bayesian approaches
* Phylogenetic classification
* Critiques of evolutionary taxonomy, phenetics, and transformed
cladistics
* Specimen selection, field collecting, and curating
* Systematic publication and the rules of nomenclature
Providing a thorough synthesis of the field, this important
update to Phylogenetics is essential for students and
researchers in the areas of evolutionary biology, molecular
evolution, genetics and evolutionary genetics, paleontology,
physical anthropology, and zoology.
Circa l’autore
Professor Wiley is Emeritus Professor of Ecology and evolutionary
Biology at the University of Kansas. Currently he works in
the University of Kansas Natural History Museum. Professor
Wiley’s distinguished career is marked by hundreds of peer-reviewed
papers, a continuous string of research grants, including his
current NSF grant, ‘Assembling the Euteleost Tree of Life, ‘ and the
publication of 5 books.
Professor Lieberman is an Invertebrate Paleontologist at
University of Kansas. Professor Lieberman has also authored
five books as well as numerous peer reviewed publications.
His long string of research grants culminates most recently with an
NSF grant to study ‘Revisionary systematic of Cheirurid
Trilobites.’
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