BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS

By V. FAIRS

Section I: BACKGROUND FOR THE STUDY OF SYSTEMATICS Chapter 1 Introduction to Systematics 3 Chapter 2 Systematics and the Philosophy of Science 31 Section II: CLADISTIC METHODS Chapter 3 Characters and Character States 51 Chapter 4 Character Polarity and Inferring Homology 85 Chapter 5 Tree-Building Algorithms 109 Chapter 6 Evaluating Results 146 Section III: APPLICATION OF CLADISTIC RESULTS Chapter 7 Nomenclature, Classifi cations, and Systematic Databases 173 Chapter 8 Historical Biogeography and Host-Parasite Coevolution 209 Chapter 9 Ecology, Adaptation, and Evolutionary Scenarios 230 Chapter 10 Biodiversity and Conservation 243