During the century following the publication of Darwin's (24) Origin of Species, biological
taxonomy waited for the revolution that should have followed upon acceptance of an …

Data from living and extinct faunas of primitive vertebrates imply very different scenarios for
the origin and evolution of the dermal and oral skeletal developmental system. A direct …

This book is both a manual for the computer program MacClade, describing its features and
potential uses, as well as a portrayal of a phylogenetic approach to studying diversity and …

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 …

Abstract Wiley, EO (Division of Fishes, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS 66045). 1978. Syst. Zool. 27: 17–26.—The concept of species (as taxa) …

No question in theoretical biology has been more perennially controversial or perplexing
than" What is a species?" Recent advances in phylogenetic theory have called into question …

Methods that use outgroups in the reconstruction of phylogeny are described and evaluated
by the criterion of parsimony. By considering the character states and relationships of …

Understanding the history and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics,
taxonomy and classification of living things) is key to successful practice of the discipline. In …

Echolocating bats behave as though they perceive the crosscorrelation functions between
their sonar transmissions and echoes as images of targets, at least with respect to …

The study of marine plankton has traditionally focused on those or ganisms that appeared to
have obvious ecological significance in un derstanding the major patterns of biological …