Harvey, Paul H.
The comparative method in evolutionary biology The comparative method in evolutionary biology - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991 - 239 p. - (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) .
1. The Comparative Method for Studying Adaptation. -- 2. Why Worry About Phylogeny? -- 3. Reconstructing the Phylogenetic Trees and Ancestral Character States. -- 4. Comparative Analysis of Discrete Data. -- 5. Comparative Analysis of Continuous Variables. -- 6. Determining the Form of Comparative Relationships. -- 7. Conclusion
Do large genomes slow down development? What lifestyles are conducive to large brains? Are extinction rates related to body size? These are all questions for the comparative method, and this book is about how such questions can be answered.
0-19-854641-6
EVOLUCION
575
The comparative method in evolutionary biology The comparative method in evolutionary biology - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991 - 239 p. - (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) .
1. The Comparative Method for Studying Adaptation. -- 2. Why Worry About Phylogeny? -- 3. Reconstructing the Phylogenetic Trees and Ancestral Character States. -- 4. Comparative Analysis of Discrete Data. -- 5. Comparative Analysis of Continuous Variables. -- 6. Determining the Form of Comparative Relationships. -- 7. Conclusion
Do large genomes slow down development? What lifestyles are conducive to large brains? Are extinction rates related to body size? These are all questions for the comparative method, and this book is about how such questions can be answered.
0-19-854641-6
EVOLUCION
575