Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich TaxaTrevor R. Hodkinson, John A.N. Parnell To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all groups of organisms and b |
Contents
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Chapter 2 TaxonomySystematics in the TwentyFirst Century | 21 |
Magnitude Shortcuts and Pitfalls | 33 |
Reconstructing and Using the Tree of Life | 47 |
Tree or No Tree? | 49 |
DivideandConquer Approaches to Large Phylogenetic Problems | 61 |
Chapter 6 Taxon Sampling versus Computational Complexity and Their Impact on Obtaining the Tree of Life | 77 |
A Mathematical Perspective | 97 |
Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Groups Case Studies | 191 |
The Plant Bug Case Study Insecta Heteroptera Miridae | 193 |
Chapter 14 Cichlid Fish Diversity and Speciation | 213 |
Chapter 15 Fungal Diversity | 227 |
Dealing with One of the Largest Genera of Angiosperms | 251 |
Progress in Documenting and Understanding Grass Species Richness | 275 |
Where Do We Go from Here and How Often? | 297 |
Diatoms Geography and Taxonomy | 305 |
Where Should We Put Our Effort? | 113 |
Prospects of Studying Coevolution and Polyploidy | 129 |
Key Innovations Climate and Chance | 149 |
Is It a Taxonomic Artefact? | 165 |
Chapter 12 Reconstructing Animal Phylogeny in the Light of Evolutionary Developmental Biology | 177 |
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