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About this book
Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This book applies these tools to paleontological data.
The fossil record is our one true chronicle of the history of life, preserving a set of macroevolutionary patterns; thus various hypotheses about evolutionary processes can be tested in the fossil record using phylogentic analysis and morphometrics.
The first book of its type, Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form will be useful in evolutionary biology, paleontology, systematics, evolutionary development, theoretical biology, biogeography, and zoology. It will also provide a practical, researcher-friendly gateway into computer-based phylogenetics and morphometrics.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form
Book Subtitle: An Analytical Approach
Editors: Jonathan M. Adrain, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Bruce S. Lieberman
Series Title: Topics in Geobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0571-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Science+Business Media New York 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46721-9Published: 31 January 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5137-5Published: 03 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0571-6Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0275-0120
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 402
Topics: Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology