Ebook: Molecular Systematics and Evolution: Theory and Practice
- Tags: Life Sciences general, Biomedicine general
- Series: EXS 92 92
- Year: 2002
- Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Important practical implications are established by case reports and specific examples. The present book is the ideal complement to the practitioner’s manual Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution, recently published by the same editors in the Birkhäuser MTBM book series.
The first part of this book deals with important applications of evolutionary and systematic analysis at different taxonomic levels. The second part discusses DNA multiple sequence alignment, species designations using molecular data, evo-devo and other topics that are problematic or controversial. In the last part, novel topics in molecular evolution and systematics, like genomics, comparative methods in molecular evolution and the use of large data bases are described. The final chapter deals with problems in bacterial evolution, considering the increasing access to large numbers of complete genome sequences.
Important practical implications are established by case reports and specific examples. The present book is the ideal complement to the practitioner’s manual Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution, recently published by the same editors in the Birkhauser MTBM book series.
The first part of this book deals with important applications of evolutionary and systematic analysis at different taxonomic levels. The second part discusses DNA multiple sequence alignment, species designations using molecular data, evo-devo and other topics that are problematic or controversial. In the last part, novel topics in molecular evolution and systematics, like genomics, comparative methods in molecular evolution and the use of large data bases are described. The final chapter deals with problems in bacterial evolution, considering the increasing access to large numbers of complete genome sequences.
Important practical implications are established by case reports and specific examples. The present book is the ideal complement to the practitioner’s manual Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution, recently published by the same editors in the Birkhauser MTBM book series.
The first part of this book deals with important applications of evolutionary and systematic analysis at different taxonomic levels. The second part discusses DNA multiple sequence alignment, species designations using molecular data, evo-devo and other topics that are problematic or controversial. In the last part, novel topics in molecular evolution and systematics, like genomics, comparative methods in molecular evolution and the use of large data bases are described. The final chapter deals with problems in bacterial evolution, considering the increasing access to large numbers of complete genome sequences.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Cladistics, populations and species in geographical space: the case of Heliconius butterflies....Pages 5-15
Species to genera: phylogenetic inference in the Hawaiian Drosophilidae....Pages 17-30
Higher-level systematic analysis of birds: current problems and possible solutions....Pages 31-43
Relative quality of different systematic datasets for cetartiodactyl mammals: assessments within a combined analysis framework....Pages 45-67
Phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders based on 18S ribosomal DNA: when bad things happen to good data....Pages 69-83
Relationships among metazoan phyla as inferred from 18S rRNA sequence data: a methodological approach....Pages 85-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-105
DNA multiple sequence alignments....Pages 107-114
Theory and practice of parallel direct optimization....Pages 115-123
Some statistical aspects of the maximum parsimony method....Pages 125-139
‘Pluralism’ and the aims of phylogenetic research....Pages 141-146
Molecular systematics and the origin of species: new syntheses or methodological introgressions?....Pages 147-161
Is morphology still relevant?....Pages 163-174
Development, homology and systematics....Pages 175-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-189
Gene family phylogenetics: tracing protein evolution on trees....Pages 191-207
Evolution of spider silk proteins: insight from phylogenetic analyses....Pages 209-223
Comparative methods and evolution....Pages 225-236
The use of physiological data to corroborate cospeciation events in symbiosis....Pages 237-245
Reexamining microbial evolution through the lens of horizontal transfer....Pages 247-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-309
Important practical implications are established by case reports and specific examples. The present book is the ideal complement to the practitioner’s manual Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution, recently published by the same editors in the Birkhauser MTBM book series.
The first part of this book deals with important applications of evolutionary and systematic analysis at different taxonomic levels. The second part discusses DNA multiple sequence alignment, species designations using molecular data, evo-devo and other topics that are problematic or controversial. In the last part, novel topics in molecular evolution and systematics, like genomics, comparative methods in molecular evolution and the use of large data bases are described. The final chapter deals with problems in bacterial evolution, considering the increasing access to large numbers of complete genome sequences.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Cladistics, populations and species in geographical space: the case of Heliconius butterflies....Pages 5-15
Species to genera: phylogenetic inference in the Hawaiian Drosophilidae....Pages 17-30
Higher-level systematic analysis of birds: current problems and possible solutions....Pages 31-43
Relative quality of different systematic datasets for cetartiodactyl mammals: assessments within a combined analysis framework....Pages 45-67
Phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders based on 18S ribosomal DNA: when bad things happen to good data....Pages 69-83
Relationships among metazoan phyla as inferred from 18S rRNA sequence data: a methodological approach....Pages 85-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-105
DNA multiple sequence alignments....Pages 107-114
Theory and practice of parallel direct optimization....Pages 115-123
Some statistical aspects of the maximum parsimony method....Pages 125-139
‘Pluralism’ and the aims of phylogenetic research....Pages 141-146
Molecular systematics and the origin of species: new syntheses or methodological introgressions?....Pages 147-161
Is morphology still relevant?....Pages 163-174
Development, homology and systematics....Pages 175-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-189
Gene family phylogenetics: tracing protein evolution on trees....Pages 191-207
Evolution of spider silk proteins: insight from phylogenetic analyses....Pages 209-223
Comparative methods and evolution....Pages 225-236
The use of physiological data to corroborate cospeciation events in symbiosis....Pages 237-245
Reexamining microbial evolution through the lens of horizontal transfer....Pages 247-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-309
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