Interpreting the hierarchy of nature : from systematic patterns to evolutionary process theories / edited by Lance Grande and Olivier Rieppel.

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Other Authors: Grande, Lance, Rieppel, Olivier
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, ©1994.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to pattern and process perspectives / Lance Grande and Olivier Rieppel
  • Pattern description, process explanation, and the history of morphological sciences / Ronald H. Brady
  • Theoretical pluralism in biology, including systematics / John Beatty
  • Repeating patterns in nature, predictability, and "impact" in science / Lance Grande
  • Morphological and molecular inroads to phylogeny / Michael J. Novacek
  • Stratocladistics: morphological and temporal patterns and their relation to phylogenetic process / Daniel C. Fisher
  • The use of unconventional morphological characters in the analysis of systematic patterns and evolutionary processes / Marvalee H. Wake
  • The phylogeny of development and the origin of homology / Neil H. Shubin
  • Summary and comments on systematic pattern and evolutionary process / Olivier Rieppel and Lance Grande.