ABSTRACT
Generally, biologists and mathematicians who study the shape and form of organisms have largely been working in isolation from those who work on evolutionary relationships through the analysis of common characteristics. Increasingly however, dialogue between the two communities is beginning to develop - but other than a handful of journal papers, there has been no formal, published discussion on this subject. This timely book summarises the interdisciplinary work that has taken place and will stimulate additional research into these topics. Any scientist working on evolutionary relationships will find this volume invaluable.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 6|1 pages
Comparability, morphometrics and phylogenetic systematics
Donald L. Swiderski, Miriam L. Zelditch and William L. Fink
chapter 10|7 pages
A parametric bootstrap approach to the detection of phylogenetic signals in landmark data
Theodore M. Cole III, Subhash Lele, and Joan T. Richtsmeier
chapter 11|23 pages
Phylogenetic tests for differences in shape and the importance of divergence times: Eldredge’s enigma explored
P. DAVID POLLY
chapter 12|22 pages
Ancestral states and evolutionary rates of continuous characters
Andrea J. Webster and Andy Purvis
chapter 13|18 pages
Modelling the evolution of continuously varying characters on phylogenetic trees: the case of Hominid cranial capacity
MARK PAGEL
