15 - Phylogeny and Systematics

Update: 2009-10-27

Description

The Tree of Life must be discovered through rigorous analysis. Genetic information is crucial because appearances can be deceiving, and species that look similar can prove to be genetically very dissimilar and not share recent common ancestors. Two criteria, used to determine what the "correct" Tree is, are simplicity and whether the tree maximizes the probability of observing what we actually see.

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35 - Alternative Breeding Strategies

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36 - Selfishness and Altruism

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34 - Mating Systems and Parental Care

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33 - Evolutionary Game Theory: Fighting and Contests

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32 - Economic Decisions for the Foraging Individual

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31 - Why So Many Species? The Factors Affecting Biodiversity

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30 - Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

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29 - Island Biogeography and Invasive Species

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28 - Ecological Communities

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27 - Interspecific Competition

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26 - Population Growth: Density Effects

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25 - Interactions with the Physical Environment

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24 - Climate and the Distribution of Life on Earth

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23 - The Logic of Science

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22 - The Impact of Evolutionary Thought on the Social Sciences

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21 - Evolutionary Medicine

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15 - Phylogeny and Systematics

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14 - Species and Speciation

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13 - Sexual Selection

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20 - Coevolution

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15 - Phylogeny and Systematics

Stephen C. Stearns

15 - Phylogeny and Systematics