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Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution

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Editors:
  1. Rob DeSalle

    1. Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

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  2. Gonzalo Giribet

    1. Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

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  3. Ward Wheeler

    1. Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

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  • DESCRIBES RECENT TECHNIQUES FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS DETAILED PROTOCOLS TO GUIDE THE READER STEP BY STEP BROAD THEORETICAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON APPLICATIONS GIVES PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE APPROACHES INFORMATION
  • ON IMPORTANT WEBSITES THOROUGH SURVEY OF THE STATE OF THE ART

Part of the book series: Methods and Tools in Biosciences and Medicine (MTBM)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Analytical Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. Phylogenetic Analysis: The Basic Method

      • John W. Wenzel
      Pages 4-30

    3. Parsimony Analysis

      • Mark E. Siddall
      Pages 31-54

    4. Optimization Alignment:Down,Up,Error,and Improvements

      • Ward C. Wheeler
      Pages 55-69

    5. Techniques for Analyzing Large Data Sets

      • Pablo A. Goloboff
      Pages 70-79

    6. Measures of Support

      • Mark E. Siddall
      Pages 80-101

    7. Partitioning of Multiple Data, Sets Phylogenetic Analysis

      • Patrick M. O’Grady, James Remsen, John E. Gatesy
      Pages 102-119

    8. Complex Model Organism Genome Databases

      • Charles G. Wray
      Pages 120-131

    9. Comparative Phylogenomics: A Strategy for High-throughput Large-scale Sub-genomic Sequencing Projects for Phylogenetic Analysis

      • Aloysius J. Phillips
      Pages 132-145

    10. Compartive Methods

      • Richard H. Baker
      Pages 146-161

    11. Analyzing Data at the Population Level

      • Phaedra Doukakis, Kenneth D. Birnbaum, Howard C. Rosenbaum
      Pages 162-172

  3. Laboratory Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-175
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    2. Obtaining, Storing and Archiving Specimens and Tissue Samples for Use in Molecular Studies

      • Lorenzo Prendini, Robert Hanner, Rob DeSalle
      Pages 176-248

    3. DNA Isolation Procedures

      • Michele K. Nishiguchi, Phaedra Doukakis, Mary Egan, David Kizirian, Aloysius Phillips, Lorenzo Prendini et al.
      Pages 249-287

    4. Late Pleistocene DNA Extraction and Analysis

      • Alex D. Greenwood
      Pages 288-301

    5. PCR Methods and Approaches

      • James Bonacum, Julian Stark, Elizabeth Bonwich
      Pages 302-327

    6. High-Throughput DNA Sequencing for Systematics

      • Michael F. Whiting
      Pages 328-350

    7. A Practical Guide for Microsatellite Analysis

      • Kenneth D. Birnbaum, Howard C. Rosenbaum
      Pages 351-364

    8. Determining the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Developmental Gene Expression in Vertebrates and Invertebrates Using in situ Hybridization Techniques

      • Ruth D. Gates, Thorsten Hadrys, Cesar Arenas-Mena, David K. Jacobs
      Pages 365-394
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About this book

The amount of information that can be obtained by using molecular techniques in evolution, systematics and ecology has increased exponentially over the last ten years. The need for more rapid and efficient methods of data acquisition and analysis is growing accordingly. This manual presents some of the most important techniques for data acquisition developed over the last years. The choice and justification of data analysis techniques is also an important and critical aspect of modern phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis and so a considerable part of this volume addresses this important subject. The book is mainly written for students and researchers from evolutionary biology in search for methods to acquire data, but also from molecular biology who might be looking for information on how data are analyzed in an evolutionary context. To aid the user, information on web-located sites is included wherever possible. Approaches that will push the amount of information which systematics will gather in the

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

    Rob DeSalle, Gonzalo Giribet, Ward Wheeler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution

  • Editors: Rob DeSalle, Gonzalo Giribet, Ward Wheeler

  • Series Title: Methods and Tools in Biosciences and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8125-8

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6256-0Published: 01 April 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6257-7Published: 01 April 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8125-8Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 410

  • Topics: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences, general

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