Parsimony, Phylogeny, and Genomics [Paperback]

Victor Albert (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0199297304 | ISBN-13: 978-0199297306 | Publication Date: June 1, 2006

Parsimony analysis (cladistics) has long been one of the most widely used methods of phylogenetic inference in the fields of systematic and evolutionary biology. Moreover it has mathematical attributes that lend itself for use with complex, genomic-scale data sets. This book demonstrates the potential that this powerful hierarchical data summarization method also has for both structural and functional comparative genomic research.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is one of those rare edited volumes that reads like a recent journal with respect to the novelty of work, and is in many ways exciting because of the material included."--Quarterly Review of Biology

"There is a lot to consider in the book for practicing systematists, mostly issues of molecular systematics, ranging from DNA sequence alignment problems to those of the practicality of analysis of the enormous and ever increasing data sets that are generated by genomic approaches to phylogeny reconstruction." --Biology & Philosophy

"This is the book to consult if you want to know more about the role that parsimony analysis has to play in phylogenetics today and what it might be used for in the future." --Systematic Biology

About the Author

Victor Albert is a Professor at The Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway. Dr. Albert has published and lectured broadly in the fields of phylogenetic theory and methodology, plant systematics and evolution, plant molecular developmental biology, and evolutionary genomics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199297304
• ISBN-13: 978-0199297306
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,863,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)