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Author : K. Kubitzki, K. U. Kramer and P. S. Gree
Published in : Springer
ISBN : 978-3-642-08080-7
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File Size : 22.0 mb
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Author : K. Kubitzki, K. U. Kramer and P. S. Gree
Published in : Springer
ISBN : 978-3-642-08080-7
File Type : pdf
File Size : 22.0 mb
Language : English
Published in : Springer
ISBN : 978-3-642-08080-7
File Type : pdf
File Size : 22.0 mb
Language : English
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The study of organismic diversity has witnessed an unprecedented upswing in the last two decades. The empirical basis of botanical systematics has been broadened far beyond the realm of macromorphological traits on which systematists have based their decisions for more than 200 years. Electron microscopy and phytochemistry have become standard tools, rendering evidence from micromorphology and micro molecules accessible to systematic research. The analysis of truly biological phenomena, like the interaction between various groups of organisms, or the strategy of reproduction, has been added to the already existing fields of floral and dispersal biology. The study of macromolecules permits genealogical reconstructions with the greatest precision. Considerable progress has also been made in the methodology for reconstructing phylogeny. All this is in consonance with the strong intellectual stimulus that the study of phylogeny seems to exert on taxonomists. It is small wonder then that a large proportion of the taxonomists' activities is absorbed by the attempt to reconstruct phylogeny at all hierarchical levels.
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