Biological systematics : principles and applications /

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Author / Creator:	Brower, Andrew V. Z. (Andrew Van Zandt), 1962- author.
Edition:	Third edition.
Imprint:	Ithaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 436 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Biology -- Classification. Biology Classification
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13361551

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Other authors / contributors:	Schuh, Randall T., author.
ISBN:	9781501752797 1501752790 9781501752780 1501752782 9781501752773
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 14, 2021).
Summary:	"The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for selecting preferred hypotheses of relationships, and recognition of groups based upon synapomorphies (inferred shared, derived character states) alone"--
Other form:	Print version: Brower, Andrew V. Z. (Andrew Van Zandt), 1962- Biological systematics 3rd edition. Ithaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021. 9781501752773

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