Overview

Now that scientists can sequences genes with relative ease, the relationships among living organisms are becoming better known. These relationships are summarized as phylogenetic trees. This book reveals how these trees can be used to give insights into diverse fields of biological enquiry including ecology, epidemiology, development, conservation, and the evolutionary process itself.

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Author:   Paul H. Harvey ,  The late John Maynard Smith ,  Andrew J. Leigh Brown ,  Sean Nee
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780198549840

ISBN 10:   0198549849
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   16 May 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. What this book is about ; 2. New phylogenies: an introductory look at the coalescent ; 3. Genealogies and geography ; 4. The coalescent process and background selection ; 5. Inferring population history from molecular phylogenies ; 6. Applications of intraspecific phylogenetics ; 7. Inferring phylogenies from DNA sequence data: the effects of sampling ; 8. Uses for evolutionary trees ; 9. Cross-species transmission and recombination of 'AIDS' viruses ; 10. Using interspecies phylogenies to test macroevolutionary hypotheses ; 11. Using phylogenetic trees to reconstruct the history of infectious disease epidemics ; 12. Relating geographic patterns to phylogenetic processes ; 13. Uses of molecular phylogenies for conservation ; 14. Testing the time axis of phylogenies ; 15. Comparative evolution of larval and adult life-history stages and small subunit ribosomal RNA amongst post-Palaeozoic echinoids ; 16. Molecular phylogenies and host-parasite cospeciation: gophers and lice as a model system ; 17. A microevolutionary link, between phylogenies and comparative data ; 18. Comparative test of evolutionary lability and rats using molecular phylogenies ; 19. Community evolution in Greater Antilean anolis lizards: phylogenetic patterns and experimental tests ; 20. The evolution of body plans: HOM/Hox cluster evolution, model systems, and the importance of phylogeny.

Reviews

<br> This comprehensive volume describes how phylogenetic trees can be used to address questions about population dynamics, epidemiology, development, biodiversity, conservation, and the evolution of genetic systems, and will interest biologists working in these and related fields. --BIOSIS<br> The integration of phylogenies into areas outside of pure systematics has been one of the most striking developments in evolutionary biology over the past decade or so. . .New Uses for New Phylogenies. . .present[s] an extremely wide range of ideas, methods, and applications. . .Furthermore, although it is not a stated purpose of the book, the 20 chapters together demonstrate the special qualities of molecular data for addressing certain problems. --American Zoologist<br>

This comprehensive volume describes how phylogenetic trees can be used to address questions about population dynamics, epidemiology, development, biodiversity, conservation, and the evolution of genetic systems, and will interest biologists working in these and related fields. --BIOSIS<br> The integration of phylogenies into areas outside of pure systematics has been one of the most striking developments in evolutionary biology over the past decade or so. . .New Uses for New Phylogenies. . .present[s] an extremely wide range of ideas, methods, and applications. . .Furthermore, although it is not a stated purpose of the book, the 20 chapters together demonstrate the special qualities of molecular data for addressing certain problems. --American Zoologist<br>

`The chapters are concise ... but with plenty of references, and written with the authority of some of the major figures in molecular evolution. For me, the book was a gift.' Times Higher Education Supplement `this volume comprises the most diverse collection of phylogenetic applications ever assembled in one place ... anyone who has followed the growth of phylogenetics' impact on evolutionary biology will be interested in the diversity of perspectives presented here. The papers in this volume collectively give the distinct impression that a rich discipline is approaching a turning point.' Michael J. Sanderson, University of California, Davis, TREE vol. 12, no. 5 May 1997

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