Phylogenetic Biology (Paperback) Casey William Dunn [New] [Softcover]

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Paperback. Phylogenetic Biology is a rigorous, accessible introduction to the principles and practice of reconstructing evolutionary history and using phylogenies to answer biological questions.Modern phylogenetic methods are built on mathematical models of evolution, but these models are often introduced in the context of inferring the past. This book takes a more intuitive approach: it first shows how evolutionary models generate data forward through time and then applies the same models to phylogenetic inference, hypothesis testing, ancestral reconstruction, and comparative analysis.Beginning with tree structure, topology, rooting, branch lengths, and phylogenetic representation, the boo…