Systematics A Course Of Lectures Ward C Wheelerauth by Ward C. Wheeler(auth.) 9780470671702, 9781118301081, 047067170X, 1118301080 instant download after payment.

Systematics: A Course of Lectures is designed for use in an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate level course in systematics and is meant to present core systematic concepts and literature. The book covers topics such as the history of systematic thinking and fundamental concepts in the field including species concepts, homology, and hypothesis testing. Analytical methods are covered in detail with chapters devoted to sequence alignment, optimality criteria, and methods such as distance, parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches. Trees and tree searching, consensus and super-tree methods, support measures, and other relevant topics are each covered in their own sections.

The work is not a bleeding-edge statement or in-depth review of the entirety of systematics, but covers the basics as broadly as could be handled in a one semester course. Most chapters are designed to be a single 1.5 hour class, with those on parsimony, likelihood, posterior probability, and tree searching two classes (2 x 1.5 hours).Content:
Chapter 1 History (pages 1–19):
Chapter 2 Fundamental Concepts (pages 20–52):
Chapter 3 Species Concepts, Definitions, and Issues (pages 53–66):
Chapter 4 Hypothesis Testing and the Philosophy of Science (pages 67–76):
Chapter 5 Computational Concepts (pages 77–88):
Chapter 6 Statistical and Mathematical Basics (pages 89–108):
Chapter 7 Homology (pages 109–120):
Chapter 8 Sequence Alignment (pages 121–146):
Chapter 9 Optimality Criteria–Distance (pages 147–172):
Chapter 10 Optimality Criteria–Parsimony (pages 173–212):
Chapter 11 Optimality Criteria–Likelihood (pages 213–239):
Chapter 12 Optimality Criteria–Posterior Probability (pages 240–268):
Chapter 13 Comparison of Optimality Criteria (pages 269–287):
Chapter 14 Tree Searching (pages 289–323):
Chapter 15 Support (pages 324–340):
Chapter 16 Consensus, Congruence, and Supertrees (pages 341–362):
Chapter 17 Clocks and Rates (pages 363–373):