In the past two decades, molecular investigations of systematic problems have progressed
from uncommon curiosities to a standard means of elucidating phylogenetic history. This …

Phylogenetic Systematics, first published in 1966, marks a turning point in the history of
systematic biology. Willi Hennig's influential synthetic work, arguing for the primacy of the …

The past 30 years have seen a revolution in comparative biology. Before that time,
systematics was not at the forefront of the biological sciences, and few scientists considered …

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 …

Systematic biologists have engaged in a long-standing debate over the purposes and
methods of classification. Many nonsystematic biologists probably look upon the resulting …

This booklet is designed as a practical introduction to the principles and methods of
CLADISTIC ANALYSIS. Cladistics has emerged as a powerful analytical tool in comparative …

The study of evolution at the molecular level has given the subject of evolutionary biology a
new significance. Phylogenetic'trees' of gene sequences are a powerful tool for recovering …

Reconstructing phylogenetic trees from DNA sequences has become a popular exercise in
many branches of biology, and here the well-known geneticist John Avise explains why …

The Evolution of Phylogenetic Systematics aims to make sense of the rise of phylogenetic
systematics—its methods, its objects of study, and its theoretical foundations—with …

The avalanche of molecular sequence data from a wide variety of organisms and genes
makes the construction and testing of evolutionary trees a widespread and demanding …