Phylogenetic SystematicsPhylogenetic Systematics, first published in 1966, marks a turning point in the history of systematic biology. Willi Hennig's influential synthetic work, arguing for the primacy of the phylogenetic system as the general reference system in biology, generated significant controversy and opened possibilities for evolutionary biology that are still being explored. |
Contents
The Position of Systematics Among the Biological Sciences | 8 |
The Special Tasks of Biological Systematics | 8 |
The Phylogenetic System and Its Position | 9 |
Tasks and Methods of Taxonomy | 28 |
Taxonomic Tasks in the Area of the Lower Categories | 29 |
The allomorphism of species | 32 |
Chorological relationships of individuals and their significance for the taxonomy of lower group categories | 46 |
The species category in the time dimension The species concept and paleontology | 56 |
Taxonomic methods in the higher group categories | 83 |
Problems Tasks and Methods of Phylogenetics | 197 |
Monophyly and polyphyly | 206 |
Dichotomy and radiation | 209 |
Explosive radiation typogenesis and related concepts | 216 |
Phylogenesis and Space | 229 |
Concluding Remarks | 234 |
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absolute rank according age of origin animal groups apomorphous apomorphous characters arose assumed basic belong biological systematics chorological cladistics closely related common stem species comparative completely Consequently correlation correspond Craniidae criteria definition descendants determined diagram different species differentiation dimensions Diptera discussed ecological evolution evolutionary example existence expressed fact families fossils genera genetic species genus geographic groups of organisms Hennig hierarchic system higher categories higher taxa holomorphological important individuals insects investigations kinship relations larvae logenetic logical mammals metamorphosis method monophyletic group monophyly morphological natural occur ontogenetic paleontology parasites particular Phoridae phylo phylogenetic kinship phylogenetic relationships phylogenetic systematics phylogenetic tree phylogeny plesiomorphous polymorphism polyphyletic polyphyly possible present processes of speciation question recognized regarded relatively represent reproductive communities Rhynchonellidae semaphoronts sense similarity sister groups sister-group relationships speciation species concept stage structure subgroups subspecies symplesiomorphy synapomorphy systematist taxonomy Terebratulidae tion tokogenetic transformation series typological vicariance Zool