Techniques in molecular systematics and evolution /
[Book]
edited by Rob DeSalle, Gonzalo Giribet, Ward Wheeler
ix, 407 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Methods and tools in biosciences and medicine
Errata slip tipped in
Includes bibliographical references and index
Phylogenetic analysis: the basic method / John W. Wenzel -- Parsimony analysis / Mark E. Siddall -- Optimization alignment: down, up, error, and improvements / Ward C. Wheeler -- Techniques for analyzing large data sets / Pablo A. Goloboff -- Measures of support / Mark E. Siddall -- Partitioning of multiple data sets in phylogenetic analysis / Patrick M. O'Grady, James Remsen and John E. Gatesy -- Complex model organism genome databases / Charles G. Wray -- Comparative phylogenomics: a strategy for high-throughput large-scale sub-genomic sequencing projects for phylogenetic analysis / Aloysius J. Phillips -- Comparative methods / Richard H. Baker -- Analyzing data at the population level / Phaedra Doukakis, Kenneth D. Birnbaum and Howard C. Rosenbaum -- Obtaining, storing and archiving specimens and tissue samples for use in molecular studies / Lorenzo Prendini, Robert Hanner and Rob DeSalle -- DNA isolation procedures / Michele K. Nishiguchi [and others] -- Late Pleistocene DNA extraction and analysis / Alex D. Greenwood -- PCR methods and approaches / James Bonacum, Julian Stark and Elizabeth Bonwich -- High-throughput DNA sequencing for systematics / Michael F. Whiting -- A practical guide for microsatellite analysis / Kenneth D. Birnbaum and Howard C. Rosenbaum -- Determining the spatial and temporal patterns of developmental gene expression in vertebrates and invertebrates using in situ hybridization techniques / Ruth D. Gates [and others]