Tree Thinking 在線電子書 圖書標籤: Phylogenetic Evolution 科普 生物學 演化 已薦購 Ecology BiologyEcology
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David A. Baum is a professor at the University of Wisconsin, where he conducts research in plant systematics, systematic theory, and plant evolutionary developmental genetics. He earned his Ph.D. in Population and Evolutionary Biology from Washington University in 1991, conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Wisconsin, and then served as Assistant and Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He returned to the University of Wisconsin in 2001, and is now Professor and Chair of Botany and Director of the James F. Wright Institute for the Study of Evolution. Baum’s research has earned him awards including an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Young Investigator Award, an NSF Career Award, and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. In 2006 he was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for “outstanding contributions in the investigation of plant evolution and for excellence in teaching and mentoring in phylogenetics and evolutionary biology.” Baum teaches phylogenetic biology at both the introductory and advanced levels and has been offering workshops on phylogenies and tree thinking for K-12 teachers since 1999.
Stacey D. Smith is professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research focuses on the evolution of floral diversity and spans the fields of phylogenetics, evolutionary genetics, comparative methods and pollination ecology. Supported by a British Marshall fellowship, she earned an M.Phil in Botanical Diversity from the Universities of Reading and Birmingham in the United Kingdom in 2001. She returned to the United States to pursue a doctoral degree in Systematic Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After obtaining her Ph.D. in 2006, she conducted postdoctoral research at Duke University through a National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Fellowship before joining the faculty at the University of Nebraska in 2010. She teaches introductory organismal biology and phylogenetic biology for undergraduate and graduate students and sponsors outreach events to promote public understanding of plant biology and evolution.
Baum and Smith, both professors evolutionary biology and researchers in the field of systematics, present this highly accessible introduction to phylogenetics and its importance in modern biology. Ever since Darwin, the evolutionary histories of organisms have been portrayed in the form of branching trees or “phylogenies.” However, the broad significance of the phylogenetic trees has come to be appreciated only quite recently. Phylogenetics has myriad applications in biology, from discovering the features present in ancestral organisms, to finding the sources of invasive species and infectious diseases, to identifying our closest living (and extinct) hominid relatives. Taking a conceptual approach, Tree Thinking introduces readers to the interpretation of phylogenetic trees, how these trees can be reconstructed, and how they can be used to answer biological questions. Examples and vivid metaphors are incorporated throughout, and each chapter concludes with a set of problems, valuable for both students and teachers. Tree Thinking is must-have textbook for any student seeking a solid foundation in this fundamental area of evolutionary biology.
正如题目而言,本书的目的是要大家更好地理解进化树,化解一些最常见的误解,即现存的生命都是处于进化树的枝头,现存的生命之间是没有进化的前后关系的,“人是从猴子进化而来”是一种错误的说话。因此本书着重介绍的是进化树的理解和意义,而不是其背后的算法等,很适合入门...
評分正如题目而言,本书的目的是要大家更好地理解进化树,化解一些最常见的误解,即现存的生命都是处于进化树的枝头,现存的生命之间是没有进化的前后关系的,“人是从猴子进化而来”是一种错误的说话。因此本书着重介绍的是进化树的理解和意义,而不是其背后的算法等,很适合入门...
評分正如题目而言,本书的目的是要大家更好地理解进化树,化解一些最常见的误解,即现存的生命都是处于进化树的枝头,现存的生命之间是没有进化的前后关系的,“人是从猴子进化而来”是一种错误的说话。因此本书着重介绍的是进化树的理解和意义,而不是其背后的算法等,很适合入门...
評分正如题目而言,本书的目的是要大家更好地理解进化树,化解一些最常见的误解,即现存的生命都是处于进化树的枝头,现存的生命之间是没有进化的前后关系的,“人是从猴子进化而来”是一种错误的说话。因此本书着重介绍的是进化树的理解和意义,而不是其背后的算法等,很适合入门...
評分正如题目而言,本书的目的是要大家更好地理解进化树,化解一些最常见的误解,即现存的生命都是处于进化树的枝头,现存的生命之间是没有进化的前后关系的,“人是从猴子进化而来”是一种错误的说话。因此本书着重介绍的是进化树的理解和意义,而不是其背后的算法等,很适合入门...
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