Major Patterns in Vertebrate Evolution -

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Sommaire:
1. Approaches to the Analysis of Macroevolutionary Trends.- The Methodology of Phylogenetic Inference Above the Species Level.- Comments: On Phyletic Analysis of Gekkotan Lizards.- Adaptation and the Comparative Method.- Functional Morphology and Evolution.- Embryogenesis, Morphogenesis, Genetics, and Evolution.- Comments: The Development of the Tetrapod Limb: Embryological Mechanisms and Evolutionary Possibilities.- Phylogenetic Aspects of Karyological Evidence.- The Phyletic Interpretation of Macromolecular Sequence Information: Simple Methods.- Comments: Evolution of Pacreatic Ribonucleases.- The Phyletic Interpretation of Macromolecular Sequence Information: Sample Cases.- Zoogeography and Phylogeny: The Theoretical Background and Methodology to the Analysis of Mammal and Bird Faunas.- 2. Macroevolutionary Trends Among Vertebrate Taxa.- Phylogenetic Relationships and a Classification of the Eutherian Mammalia.- Wing Design and the Origin of Bats.- Comments: Energetics of Hovering Flight and the Origin of Bats.- Comments: Comments on Flight and the Evolution of Bats.- Ontogeny of Amniote Fetal Membranes and their Application to Phylogeny.- Sarcopterygii and the Origin of Tetrapods.- Comments: The Origin of the Tetrapod Limb within the Rhipidistian Fishes.- An Exceptional Reproductive Strategy in Anura: Nectophrynoides Occidentalis Angel (Bufonidae), an Example of Adaptation to Terrestrial Life by Viviparity.- The Evolution of Terrestrial Locomotion.- The Contribution of Paleontology to Teleostean Phylogeny.- Phylogenetic Reconstruction: Theory, Methodology, and Application to Chordate Evolution.- Insularity and Its Effect on Mammalian Evolution.- Evolution of the Carnivorous Adaptive Zone in South America.- Geographical and Ecological Distribution of the Earliest Tetrapods.- 3. Phylogeny and Classification of Vertebrate Taxa.- Cladistic Classification as Applied to Vertebrates.- Comment: Phylogenetics: Some Comments on Cladistic Theory and Method.- On the Phenetic Approach to Vertebrate Classification.- Foundations and Methods of Evolutionary Classification.