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Homoplasy the recurrence of similarity in evolution

Sanderson, Michael J. (Added Author). Hufford, Larry, 1958- (Added Author).

Summary: Why do unrelated organisms sometimes appear almost identical in details of the anatomy, behavior, physiology, and ecology? Homoplasy assembles leaders in evolutionary biology to explore issues of parallelism, convergence, and reversals. This innovative book is certain to provoke discussion of homoplasy compelling evidence for particular theories of evolutionary change Key Features* The first book on this increasingly interesting subject* Includes authoritative treatments from leading experts expressing a variety of viewpoints.

Record details

ISBN: 9780080534114 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0080534112 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xxv, 339 p.) : ill.
Publisher: San Diego : Academic Press, c1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:jan.03.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Explanations of homoplasy at different levels of biological organization -- Homoplasy connections and disconnections: genes and species, molecules and morphology -- Relationship between homoplasy and confidence in a phylogenetic tree -- Nonfloral homoplasy and evolutionary scenarios in living and fossil land plants -- Behavioral characters and homoplasy: perception versus practice -- Measures of homoplasy -- Measurement of homoplasy: a stochastic view -- Complexity and homoplasy -- Exaptation, adaptation, and homoplasy: evolution of ecological traits in Dalechampia vines -- Patterns of homplasy in behavioral evolution -- Ontogenetic evolution, clade diversification, and homoplasy -- Homoplasy in angiosperm flowers -- Homoplasy and the evolutionary process: an afterword.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.