[引用][C] Molecular approaches and the growth of phylogenetic biology

WP Maddison - Molecular zoology: Advances, strategies, and protocols …, 1996

An evaluation of cladistic and character analyses as hypothetico-deductive procedures, and the consequences for character weighting

HN Bryant - Systematic Zoology, 1989 - academic.oup.com
Although phylogenetic analysis based on synapomorphies is said to comply better with the
hypothetico-deductive methodology advocated by Popper and other philosophers of science …

[图书][B] Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form: An Analytical Approach

JM Adrain, GD Edgecombe, BS Lieberman - 2002 - books.google.com
Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous
analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This …

Functional morphology and systematics: studying functional patterns in an historical context

GV Lauder - Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1990 - JSTOR
The study of function is a neglected area of systematic and historical biology. Over the last
20 years, systematic biology has expanded to include in its purview the study of many …

Semaphoronts, cladograms and the roots of total evidence

O Rieppel - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2003 - academic.oup.com
This paper examines the philosophical background of phylogenetic systematics as
proposed by Willi Hennig. Willi Hennig is found to espouse logical positivism and …

The role of parsimony, outgroup analysis, and theory of evolution in phylogenetic systematics

S Lorenzen - Journal of Zoological Systematics and …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
It is argued that both the principle of parsimony and the theory of evolution, especially that of
natural selection, are essential analytical tools in phylogenetic systematics, whereas the …

The language of systematics, and the philosophy of 'total evidence'

O Rieppel - Systematics and Biodiversity, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
This contribution analyses the primacy of classification over generalization, and the
philosophy of total evidence that emerges from the relation of homology to character …

The role of morphological data in phylogeny reconstruction

JJ Wiens - Systematic biology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
We live in the age of comparative genomics, and it may seem that there is not much point in
reconstructing phylogenies using morphological data anymore. As more and more genes …

One-dimensional systematist: perils in a time of steady progress

JV Crisci - Systematic botany, 2006 - JSTOR
This commentary offers a critical assessment of the molecular age of biological systematics
and deals with certain basic tendencies that seem to indicate a new phase of the discipline …

The new and improved PhyloCode, now with types, ranks, and even polyphyly: a conference report from the First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting

KM Pickett - Cladistics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A report from the first International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting is presented. The
meeting revealed that the PhyloCode, once implemented, will itself not require adherence to …