ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLADISTICS
New Latin, from Greek klādos branch, shoot.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLADISTICS»
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cladistics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cladistics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cladistics: A Practical Course in Systematics
This book provides an up-to-date account of the techniques of modern cladistics, written in a clear, readable style. As such, it should be an invaluable text for all students interest in systematics and comparative studies.
2
Cladistics: A Practical Primer on CD-ROM
Cladistics and phylogenetic reconstruction are difficult subjects for biology students to learn when taught from conventional textbooks.
3
Beyond
Cladistics: The Branching of a Paradigm
"--Dr. Norman I. Platnick, American Museum of Natural History "A fun and informative volume that everyone interested in the subject will enjoy. This book is full of important discussions on Botany, Cladistics, and Biogeography.
D. M. Williams, Sandra Knapp, 2010
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Asteraceae:
cladistics & classification
Using the powerful technique of cladistics, the author and his collaborators have been able to reconstruct the phylogeny within the enormous Asteraceae (Compositae) family.
Kåre Bremer, Arne A. Anderberg, 1994
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Transformed
Cladistics, Taxonomy and Evolution
This is an examination of the relationship between classification and evolutionary theory, with reference to the competing schools of taxonomic thinking.
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Deep Time:
Cladistics, the Revolution in Evolution
This is not true. In Deep Time, Henry Gee, introduces for the first time in the popular science market a new way of thinking that has revolutionised the way that scientists are approaching the past Cladistics.
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Cladistics and archaeology
In order to make a potentially difficult topic more readily comprehensible, the authors have organized the book as something of a primer.
Michael John O'Brien, R. Lee Lyman, Daniel S. Glover, 2003
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Cladistics: The Theory and Practice of Parsimony Analysis
For all students interested in the systematic relationships among organisms, this book provides an integrated, state-of-the-art account of the techniques and methods of modern cladistics, and how to put them into practice.
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Classification, Evolution, and the Nature of Biology
We have seen in Chapter 6 and the previous chapters that dissatisfaction with
traditional taxonomy gave rise, after the Second World War, to two distinct
attempts at a remedy - phenetics and cladistics. In this chapter, I review the
methodology ...
The construction of branching patterns to map evolutionary change is called
cladistics, and the devising of higher classifications (genus and up) to conform
with the results of cladistics is called phylogenetic systematics. Classifications are
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLADISTICS»
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cladistics is used in the context of the following news items.
A Bone to Pick
Until the arrival of cladistics, a more rigorous form of biological classification, debates among paleoanthropologists about how one hominid ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
That's no dino!
Cladistics reveals that many different types of reptiles lived during ancient times. In fact, the Mesozoic Era, which lasted from 252 million to ... «Science News for Students, Jun 15»
Do All Life Forms Fall into a Nested Hierarchy?
Together, these authorities make a crucial point: cladistics and other phylogenetics methods do not demonstrate common ancestry; they ... «Discovery Institute, Jun 15»
Comparative transcriptomics uncovers alternative splicing changes …
PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text OpenURL. Return to text. Felsenstein J. PHYLIP-phylogeny inference package (version 3.2). Cladistics. «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
The Origin of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets: A New Study …
With their DNA samples, Song and colleagues reconstructed the phylogeny of the Orthoptera using the science of cladistics, which infers ... «Entomology Today, Apr 15»
Back to Brontosaurus? The Dinosaur Might Deserve Its Own Genus …
To navigate the ever-growing number of dinosaur species, paleontologists look to a discipline called cladistics. In short, scientists pore over ... «Smithsonian, Apr 15»
Emerald City Comic-Con 2015, Day One: 'Rawr!'
The scenes don't make you guess at what's going on. The text is lean, but clever. McGill even finds a way to introduce words like cladistics (look ... «PopMatters, Apr 15»
UNCC professor's team uses advanced computing to map the …
21 in the journal Cladistics provides evidence that influenza A subtype H7 – which is being closely monitored after the China-Taiwan H7N9 ... «Charlotte Observer, Jan 15»
Fort Smith Student Wins Sebastian County Spelling Bee
Vinny Nguyen, who goes to Trinity Junior High School in Fort Smith, won the spelling bee by correctly spelling the word “cladistics.” “Excited ... «5newsonline.com, Jan 15»
Study Maps Travel of H7 Influenza Genes
A new report published online on January 21, 2015 in the journal Cladistics sees H7 influenza not just as a steadily changing virus, but as ... «Scicasts, Jan 15»
