TY  - BOOK
AU  - Minelli,Alessandro
TI  - Biological systematics: the state of the art
SN  - 0412626209
U1  - 574.014 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - London
PB  - Chapman & Hall
KW  - Biology -- Classification
KW  - Taxonomy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and  indexes
N2  - 1. Systems and classifications. 1.1. Systematics and  taxonomy. 1.2. Classification versus system. 1.3.  Biological classifications from Andrea Cesalpino to the  New Systematics. 1.4. Evolutionary systematics. 1.5.  Numerical taxonomy. 1.6. Hennig’s phylogenetic  systematics. 1.7. Contrasting systematic schools. 1.8.  Towards a natural system of living organisms -- 2. Some  steps in comparative biology. 2.1. Characters as  ‘symptoms’ for recognizing taxa. 2.2. Characters for  choice. 2.3. Homology. 2.4. Homoplasy. 2.5. Character  coding. 2.6. Monophyly, paraphyly, polyphyly. 2.7.  Determining character polarity. 2.8. Cladograms and trees. 2.9. Numerical methods for the reconstruction of  phylogeny. 2.10. Ancestors. 2.11. Fossils and cladistic  analysis. 2.12. Grouping and ranking. 2.13. Phylogeny  versus adaptation -- 3. Biochemical and molecular  systematics. 3.1. Micromolecules. 3.2. Macromolecules --  4. The species. 4.1. Species concepts. 4.2. Taxonomic  diversity within the specie
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