Morphological Evolution, Adaptations, Homoplasies, Constraints, and Evolutionary Trends
Author | : Rui Diogo |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2004-01-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781482280081 |
ISBN-13 | : 1482280086 |
Rating | : 4/5 (086 Downloads) |
Download or read book Morphological Evolution, Adaptations, Homoplasies, Constraints, and Evolutionary Trends written by Rui Diogo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-01-11 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major aim of this work is, to help clarify the interrelationships of catfishes, with major implications on the study of the general evolution of these fishes. A great part of this work, therefore, deals with a cladistic analysis of catfish higher-level phylogeny based on extensive morphological data, in which are included some terminal taxa not