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1 online resource |
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Systematics Association special volume series |
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Systematics Association special volume.
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Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; References; 1 Mission impossible: the childhood and youth of Willi Hennig; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The family of Willi Hennig; 1.3 Willi Hennig and his time in Upper Lusatia; 1.4 Social and familiar circumstances ... ; 1.5 Support and supervision: the time at the Landesschule Klotzsche; 1.6 Mission fulfilled: reflections from Hennig's childhood ... ; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Willi Hennig: a shy man behind a scientific revolution |
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2.1 Willi Hennig's life2.2 Willi Hennig's personality; 2.3 From order to phylogeny; References; 3 Willi Hennig's legacy in the Nordic countries; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Hennig in the Nordic countries; 3.3 Hennig and Sweden; 3.4 Hennig and Denmark; 3.5 Hennig and Finland; 3.6 Hennig and Norway; 3.7 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Hennigian systematics in France, a historical approach with glimpses of sociology; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Historical path; Entomology circles; Palaeontology circles; Universities; Unnoticed conflict between Hennigian and pattern cladistics in the 1980s |
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4.3 Present cladistic debates4.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Are we all cladists?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 What does it mean to be a "Hennigian"?; 5.3 Theories of truth; 5.4 Hennig: realist or empiricist?; 5.5 The inconsistency of parsimony: what would Willi do?; 5.6 The realist philosophy of model-based approaches; 5.7 What is branch length?; 5.8 Parsimony, simplicity, models and coherence; 5.9 The Hennigian aesthetic of heuristic accessibility; 5.10 -isms; 5.11 Ragnarøkkr; Acknowledgments; References; 6 How much of Hennig is in present day cladistics? |
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6.1 The 'father of cladistics'6.2 Sources for comparison; 6.3 Aspects compared; 6.4 Concept of 'relationship'; 6.5 Concept of 'monophyly'; 6.6 Concept of 'apomorphy'; 6.7 Principles of grouping; 6.8 Method of polarising characters; 6.9 Weighting characters; 6.10 Concept of 'homology'; 6.11 Role of ancestors; 6.12 Concept of 'species as individuals'; 6.13 Use of the term 'phylogeny'; 6.14 Graphical representations and their meaning; 6.15 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 7 The evolution of Willi Hennig's phylogenetic considerations; 7.1 Walter Zimmermann and phylogenetic systematics |
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7.2 The positioning of Willi Hennig as a theoretician7.3 Hennig's early theoretical papers: 1947-1950; 7.4 The recognition of paraphyletic groups; 7.5 The fate of taxonomic ranks in Hennig's writings; 7.6 Hennig's first phylogeny book (Hennig 1950a); 7.7 Developing the theory of phylogenetic systematics ... ; 7.8 Finalizing the procedures of phylogenetic systematics (Hennig 1957); 7.9 Hennig's 1966 Book; 7.10 Fossils and phylogeny reconstruction; 7.11 Varia; 7.12 Misunderstandings and unjustified criticisms; 7.13 Looking backwards in search of the future; Acknowledgements; References |
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This book documents Willi Hennig's founding of phylogenetic systematics and the relevancy of his work for the future of cladistics |
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Hennig, Willi, 1913-1976
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| SUBJECT |
Hennig, Willi, 1913-1976 fast |
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Cladistic analysis.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
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SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy.
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Cladistic analysis
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Williams, David M. (David Mervyn), 1954- editor.
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Schmitt, Michael, 1949- editor.
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Wheeler, Quentin D., 1954- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781316338797 |
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1316338797 |
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9781316690437 |
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1316690431 |
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