Biological nomenclature is an essential tool for storing and retrieving biological information. Yet traditional nomenclature poorly reflects evolutionary theory. Current biological nomenclature is one of the few fields promoting deliberately vague usage of technical terms. A new code based on evolutionary studies and phylogenetic results (the PhyloCode) will be a major milestone in biological nomenclature. Unfortunately, The PhyloCode and the companion volume are highly technical publications intended for practicing systematists. This book will reach a broader readership of those using nomenclature but who remain unaware of its theoretical foundations.Key Features<ul> <li>Responds to the biodiversity crisis and the recent implementation of the PhyloCode</li> <li>Summarizes the spectacular progress of phylogenetics which makes it both increasingly easy and crucially important to define precisely taxon names</li> <li>Provides a 300-year historical perspective featuring high-profile characters, such as Linnaeus and Darwin</li> <li>Summarizes for a broad readership a widely scattered, highly technical and underappreciated scientific literature</li> <li>Documents the activities of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature, a scholarly society in which the author has played a prominent role</li> </ul>

The Advent of PhyloCode

Science & Math

Laurin, Michel

Biological Sciences

CRC-Press

More than three hundred million years ago―a relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appeared―vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This usefully illustrated book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to more than 25,000 extant tetrapod species. Michel Laurin uses paleontological, geological, physiological, and comparative anatomical data to describe this monumental event. He summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, paleontological and molecular dating, and the methods used to infer phylogeny and character evolution. Along with a discussion of the evolutionary pressures that may have led vertebrates onto dry land, the book also shows how extant vertebrates yield clues about the conquest of land and how scientists uncover evolutionary history.

How Vertebrates Left the Water

University of California Press

Anthologie litteraire du moyen-age au xixe siecle (2eme ed) (BEAUCHEMIN EDITEUR)

BEAUCHEMIN

Anthologie littéraire de 1800 à aujourd'hui (3e édition)

Anthologie littéraire de 1800 à aujourd'hui

Philippe, Marie-Elaine

Anthologie de la Littérature québecoise (language et littérature)

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Les Editions CEC

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