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Morphological Evolution, Adaptations, Homoplasies, Constraints, and Evolutionary Trends: Catfishes as a Case Study on General Phylogeny & Macroevolution

By Rui Diogo

Book information

Publisher
Science Publishers
Year
2004
ISBN
1578082919, 9781578082919, 9781578086627
LCC
QL637.9.S5 D56 2005
Open Library ID
OL22550336M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
34 MB (36003073 bytes)
Pages
502\503
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

The major aim of this work is, to help clarify the interrelationships of catfishes, with major implications on the study of the general evolution of these fishes. A great part of this work, therefore, deals with a cladistic analysis of catfish higher-level phylogeny based on extensive morphological data, in which are included some terminal taxa not included in previous analyses, but principally a large number of characters traditionally excluded from those analyses, with particular attention being given to catfish morphology. This analysis gives particular importance to complex, integrated structures. It will be interest to students, ichthyologists and biologists working in evolution, taxonomy and phylogeny.

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