The Phylogenetic System: The Systematization of Living Organisms on the Basis of Their Phylogenesis

This excellent translation of the German __Das Phylogenetische System__ explains, simply and logically, the functions of the phylogenetic system how it must be built up. Written by one of Germany's most distinguished systematic zoologists, the text clarifies several basic concepts, such as monophyly, the stem lineage, autapomorphy, and synapomorphy. The presentation is illustrated mainly by examples drawn from arthropods and vertebrates and will thus be widely intelligable to students of biology. Phylogenesis is the process by which evolutionary species split to produce closed descent communities. This book shows how the phylogenetic system of organisms is constructed and what it can achieve. Peter Ax ; Translated By R.p.s. Jefferies. Translation Of: Das Phylogenetische System. A Wiley-interscience Publication. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 310-328.