Phylogeny and classification of birds : a study in molecular evolution
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Phylogeny and classification of birds : a study in molecular evolution
Yale University Press, c1990
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Bibliography: p. 871-967
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book presents the results of a study of the evolutionary history and classification of living birds based on comparisons of the DNAs (genetic material) of about 1700 species. Sibley and Ahlquist's "DNA-DNA hybridization" technqiue is a biochemical method that measures the degree of genetic similarity between the DNAs of different species of other groups of organisms, but this book includes the largest set of DNA comparisons for any group. Divided into two sections, the book first covers the methodology used and then presents the phylogeny and classification of birds based on this method. The latter section provides a chronological survey of the classification of birds since Linnaeus (1758) and details for each group of birds since that time. The history of the classification of each order and family is reviewed, morphological chracters are noted, and evidence of the phylogeny and genetic relationships of each group is given. With 385 figures of DNA melting curves and phylogenetic trees, plus a bibliography, this book should be a valuable resource for ornithologists and other biologists.
目次
- Part 1: a brief history
- structure and properties of DNA
- gene structure and function
- genetic regulation
- DNA reassociation and thermal stability
- the sequence organization of the genome
- the families of repeated DNA
- homology
- comparative DNA-DNA studies
- materials and methods
- data analysis
- tempo of evolution
- demographic factors and rates of DNA evolution
- a chronological survey of the classification of birds
- principles and methods of classification
- classification of birds based on DNA-DNA hybridization
- melting curves and dendrograms. Part 2: accounts of the groups of birds.
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