Interpreting the hierarchy of nature
Interpreting the hierarchy of nature: from systematic patterns to evolutionary process theories
edited by Lance Grande and Olivier Rieppel
Publisher: San Diego : Academic Press, c1994.
ISBN: 0122951204
Edition: (acid-free paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to pattern and process perspectives / Lance Grande and
Olivier Rieppel -- Pattern description, process explanation, and the
history of morphological sciences / Ronald H. Brady -- Theoretical
pluralism in biology, including systematics / John Beatty --
Repeating patterns in nature, predictability, and "impact" in science
/ Lance Grande -- Morphological and molecular inroads to phylogeny /
Michael J. Novacek -- Stratocladistics: morphological and temporal
patterns and their relation to phylogenetic process / Daniel C.
Fisher -- The use of unconventional morphological characters in the
analysis of systematic patterns and evolutionary processes / Marvalee
H. Wake -- The phylogeny of development and the origin of homology /
Neil H. Shubin -- Summary and comments on systematic pattern and
evolutionary process / Olivier Rieppel and Lance Grande.
Book Details:
Language: eng
Physical Description: viii, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (acid-free paper)
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