Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data Smithsonian Series in Comparative Evolutionary Biology

by Wiens, John J.

• ISBN13: 9781560988168
• ISBN10: 1560988169
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-17
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books

Summary

In this volume, eleven leading systematists provide an overview of recent advances and controversies in morphological phylogenetics. They summarize new methodological developmentsincluding approaches for analyzing ontogenetic data, fossils, morphometric characters, intraspecific variation, and hybrid taxaand review published studies to evaluate how morphological phylogenetics has actually been practiced. They also discuss the relationship between morphological and molecular systematics, and address the controversial use of morphology-based phylogenies to study the evolution of morphological characters. This volume is the first dedicated to morphological phylogenetics. It will be a valuable synthesis for all phylogenetic biologists, including molecular and morphological systematists, paleontologists and neontologists, and botanists and zoologists.

Author Biography

John J. Wiens is assistant curator in the Section of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Molecules Versus Morphology in Systematics: Conflicts, Artifacts, and Misconceptions	1	(19)
David M. Hillis
John J. Wiens
Character Selection and the Methodology of Morphological Phylogenetics	20	(17)
Steven Poe
John J. Wiens
Discovery of Phylogenetic Characters in Morphometric Data	37	(47)
Miriam L. Zelditch
Donald L. Swiderski
William L. Fink
The Usefulness of Ontogeny in Interpreting Morphological Characters	84	(31)
Paula M. Mabee
Coding Morphological Variation within Species and Higher Taxa for Phylogenetic Analysis	115	(31)
John J. Wiens
Hybridization and Phylogenetics: Special Insights From Morphology	146	(19)
Lucinda A. McDade
Using Stratigraphic Information in Phylogenetics	165	(27)
John P. Huelsenbeck
Bruce Rannala
Logical Problems Associated with Including and Excluding Characters During Tree Reconstruction and their Implications for the Study of Morphological Character Evolution	192	(21)
Kevin de Queiroz
Index	213