Method and madness in phylogeny
Schram, F.R. (1983). Method and madness in phylogeny, in: Schram, F.R. (Ed.) Crustacean phylogeny. Crustacean Issues, 1: pp. 331-350
In: Schram, F.R. (Ed.) (1983). Crustacean phylogeny. Crustacean Issues, 1. A.A. Balkema: Rotterdam. ISBN 90-6191-231-8. 372 pp., more
In: Schram, F.R. (Ed.) Crustacean Issues. Balkema/CRC Press/Taylor & Francis: Rotterdam. ISSN 0168-6356; e-ISSN 2155-5397, more
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| Abstract |
Five operational principles utilized in phylogenetic analysis are outlined: Hennig's Axiom, the Principle of Relativity, the Conundrum of Convergence, Popper's Law, and the Phylogenetic Uncertainty Principle. The constraints imposed by these principles require that we come to understand and recognize the limits to certainty in phylogenetic analysis. This uncertainty complements current ideas on the operation of punctuational and stochastic factors in macroevolutionary processes. A method of phylogenetic analysis, stochastic mosaicism, is applied to several invertebrate groups. This technique suggests a conceptual model of evolution which, when contrasted to Sewell Wright's adaptive landscape model, more clearly reflects the evolution of Baupläne in space-time. |
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