Overview

With increasing frequency, systematic and evolutionary biologists have turned to the techniques of molecular biology to complement their traditional morphological and anatomical approaches to questions of the historical relationship and descent among groups of animals and plants. In particular, the comparative analysis of DNA sequences is becoming a common and important focus of research attention today. The objective of this volume is to survey the emerging field of molecular systematics of DNA sequences, and to appraise the strengths and limitations of the different approaches yielded by these techniques. The contributors are an internationally recognized group of investigators from different schools and disciplines who critically address a diversity of crucial questions about DNA systematics, including DNA sequence data acquisition, phylogenetic inference, congruence and consensus problems, limitations of molecular data, and the integration of molecular and morphological data sets. The work will interest all botanists and zoologists involved in systematics, taxonomy, and evolution.

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Author:   Michael M. Miyamoto (Professor of Zoology, Professor of Zoology, University of Florida) ,  Joel Cracraft (Professor of Anatomy, Professor of Anatomy, University of Illinois College of Medicine)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.799kg
ISBN:  

9780195066982

ISBN 10:   0195066987
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   13 February 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Michael M. Miyamoto and Joel Cracraft: Phylogenetic Inference, DNA Sequence Analysis, and the Future of Molecular Systematics 2: Jerry L. Slighton, David R. Siemieniak, and Leang C. Sieu: DNA Sequencing: Strategy and Methods to Directly Sequence Large DNA Molecules 3: Robert J. Ferl, et. al.: The Application of Automated DNA Sequence Analysis to Phylogenetic Studies 4: Michael S. Waterman, Jana Joyce and Mark Eggert: Computer Alignment of Sequences 5: David P. Mindell: Aligning DNA Sequences: Homology and Phylogenetic Weighting 6: Masatoshi Nei: Relative Efficiencies of Different Tree-Making Methods for Molecular Data 7: Arend Sidow and Allan C. Wilson: Compositional Statistics Evaluated by Computer Simulations 8: Walter M. Fitch and Jia Ye: Weighted Parsimony: Does It Work? 9: David Penny, Michael D. Hendy and Michael A. Steel: Testing the Theory of Descent 10: Joel Cracraft and Kathleen Helm-Bychowski: Parsimony and Phylogenetic Inference Using DNA Sequences: Some Methodological Strategies 11: Allan Larson: Evolutionary Analysis of Length-Variable Sequences: Divergent Domains of Ribosomal RNA 12: Wen-Hsiung Li and Manolo Gouy: Statistical Methods for Testing Molecular Phylogenies 13: David M. Hillis: Discriminating Between Phylogenetic Signal and Random Noise in DNA Sequences 14: David L. Swofford: When are Phylogeny Estimates from Morphological and Molecular Data Incongruent? 15: Ward C. Wheeler: Congruence Among Data Sets: A Bayesian Approach

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Valuable contributions. . .make this worth buying. . . .[Is] worth reading by any systematist, whether using molecular or conventional data. --Plant Science Bulletin<br> A window onto the current state of the art of this field. . . .[Will] prove useful and interesting to evolutionary theorists, molecular biologists, and those involved in various genome projects. . . .A welcome addition to the library, reflecting as it does the integration of knowledge and an interdisciplinary approach to deep and interesting issues in biology. --Bio/Technology<br> The contributors have taken on some of the most difficult problems in the phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data. This well-edited book is a timely statement of the science; I recommend it highly. --BioScience<br> Captures the excitement that the increasing availablility of DNA sequence data is bringing to the study of systematics. I enjoyed the book. I learnt a great deal from it and would recommend it as a useful reference and entrance to the literature. . . . the standards of writing and presentation are both high. --Journal of Classification<br>

<br> Valuable contributions. . .make this worth buying. . . .[Is] worth reading by any systematist, whether using molecular or conventional data. --Plant Science Bulletin<br> A window onto the current state of the art of this field. . . .[Will] prove useful and interesting to evolutionary theorists, molecular biologists, and those involved in various genome projects. . . .A welcome addition to the library, reflecting as it does the integration of knowledge and an interdisciplinary approach to deep and interesting issues in biology. --Bio/Technology<br> The contributors have taken on some of the most difficult problems in the phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data. This well-edited book is a timely statement of the science; I recommend it highly. --BioScience<br> Captures the excitement that the increasing availablility of DNA sequence data is bringing to the study of systematics. I enjoyed the book. I learnt a great deal from it and would recommend it as a useful reference and e

'This book captures the excitement that the increasing availability of DNA sequence data is bringing to the study of systematics ... I enjoyed the book. I learnt a great deal from it and would recommend it as a useful reference and entrance to the literature. It should be mentioned that the chapters were all peer-reviewed, and the standards of writing and presentation are both high.' B.S. Weir, North Carolina State University, Journal of Classification 10 (1993)

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