Cladistics: Theory and Practice of Parsimony Analysis

by Ian J. Kitching, Peter Forey, David M. Williams, et al.

Book Overview

Cladistics aims to reconstruct genealogies based on common ancestry, thus revealing the phylogenetic relationships between taxa. Its applications vary from linguistic analysis to the study of conservation and biodiversity, and it has become a method of choice for comparative studies in all fields of biology. This new edition of Cladistics--first published in 1992--reflects the many changes and developments which have taken place in the field over...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198501382
• ISBN13: 9780198501381
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"