The Future of Phylogenetic Systematics
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The Future of Phylogenetic Systematics

The Legacy of Willi Hennig

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The Future of Phylogenetic Systematics

The Legacy of Willi Hennig

About this book

Willi Hennig (1913ā€“76), founder of phylogenetic systematics, revolutionised our understanding of the relationships among species and their natural classification. An expert on Diptera and fossil insects, Hennig's ideas were applicable to all organisms. He wrote about the science of taxonomy or systematics, refining and promoting discussion of the precise meaning of the term 'relationship', the nature of systematic evidence, and how those matters impinge on a precise understanding of monophyly, paraphyly, and polyphyly. Hennig's contributions are relevant today and are a platform for the future. This book focuses on the intellectual aspects of Hennig's work and gives dimension to the future of the subject in relation to Hennig's foundational contributions to the field of phylogenetic systematics. Suitable for graduate students and academic researchers, this book will also appeal to philosophers and historians interested in the legacy of Willi Hennig.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Table of contents
  7. List of contributors
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Mission impossible: the childhood and youth of Willi Hennig
  11. 2 Willi Hennig: a shy man behind a scientific revolution
  12. 3 Willi Hennigā€™s legacy in the Nordic countries
  13. 4 Hennigian systematics in France, a historical approach with glimpses of sociology
  14. 5 Are we all cladists?
  15. 6 How much of Hennig is in present day cladistics?
  16. 7 The evolution of Willi Hennigā€™s phylogenetic considerations
  17. 8 What we all learned from Hennig
  18. 9 Semaphoronts: the elements of biological systematics
  19. 10 Why should cladograms be dichotomous?
  20. 11 Hennigā€™s auxiliary principle and reciprocal illumination revisited
  21. 12 Dispersalism and neodispersalism
  22. 13 Molecular data in systematics: a promise fulfilled, a future beckoning
  23. 14 Hennig, LĆøvtrup, evolution and biology
  24. 15 Willi Hennig as philosopher
  25. 16 Hennig and hierarchies
  26. 17 Chain, tree, and network: the development of phylogenetic systematics...
  27. 18 The relational view of phylogenetic hypotheses...
  28. 19 This struggle for survival: systematic biology and institutional leadership
  29. Index