Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology,
Edition 1Editors: Edited by Günter P. Wagner
Publication Date:
19 Jan 2002
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Description
"Almost all evolutionary biologists, indeed all biologists, use particular features to study life. Evolutionary biologists use these characteristics or features in a particular way to unravel a tangled evolutionary history, to document the rate of evolutionary change, or as evidence of biodiverisity. "Characters" are the "data" of evolutionary biology and they can be employed differently in research, providing both opportunities and limitations. The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology is about characters, their use, how different sorts of characters are limited, and the appropriate methods for character analysis. Leading evolutionary biologists from around the world are contributors to this authoritative review of the "character concept." Because characters and the conception of characters are central to all studies of evolution, and because evolution is the central organizing principle of biology, this book will appeal to a wide cross-section of biologists.Key Features
Focuses upon "characters"--fundamental data for evolutionary biologyCovers the myriad ways in which characters are defined, described, and distinguishedReviews the genetic, functional, and developmental architecture of charactersDiscusses the mechanisms by which new characters arise in evolutionAbout the author
Edited by Günter P. Wagner, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT U.S.A.
Foreword by Richard LewontinCharacters, Units and Natural Kinds: An IntroductionI. Historical Roots of the Character ConceptII. New Approaches to the Character ConceptIII. Operationalizing the Detection of CharactersIV. The Mechanistic Architecture of CharactersV. The Evolutionary Origin of Characters
ISBN:
9780080574684
Page Count:
624
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Evolutionary biologists, systematists, developmental biologists, theoretical biologists, historians and philosophers of science and any other researchers who use biological characters in their researches.