Parsimony, phylogeny, and genomics /

"This book examines the potential that parsimony analysis (cladistics) summarization method has for both structural and functional comparative genomic research"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Albert, Victor A. (Victor Anthony), 1964- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, OX ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:	Bioscience Oxford.
Subjects:	Cladistic analysis. Genetics. Phylogeny. Genomics. Genetics > Technique. Models, Genetic Likelihood Functions Phylogeny Genomics Genetics Genetic Techniques Analyse cladistique. Génétique > Technique. Phylogenèse. Génétique. Maximum de vraisemblance (Statistique) Génomique. genetics. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution. Genetics > Technique Cladistic analysis Análises cladística. Filogenia. Genética. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Parsimony and phylogenetics in the genomic age / Victor A. Albert
What is the rationale for 'Ockham's razor' (a.k.a. parsimony) in phylogenetic inference? / Arnold G. Kluge
Parsimony and its presuppositions / Elliott Sober
The logic of the data matrix in phylogenetic analysis / Brent D. Mishler
Alignment, dynamic homology, and optimization / Ward C. Wheeler
Parsimony and the problem of inapplicables in sequence data / Jan E. De Laet
The limits of conventional cladistic analysis / Jerrold I. Davis, Kevic C. Nixon and Damon P. Little
Parsimony and Bayesian phylogenetics / Pablo A. Goloboff and Diego Pol
Maximum parsimony and the phylogenetic information in multistate characters / Mike Steel and David Penny
Using phylogeny to understand genomic evolution / David A. Liberles
Dollo parsimony and the reconstruction of genome evolution / Igor B. Rogozin [and others].