Description: This two-volume book is a revision of methods and principles of phylogenetic analysis of morphological data. It is also a general guide for using the computer program TNT in the analysis of such data. The book covers the main aspects of phylogenetic analysis, and general methods to compare classifications derived from molecules and morphology.
Review Quotes:
"There is no question that Goloboff provides a rigorous, logical and analytically sound framework for analyzing data - probably the most carefully considered rationale that has ever been published for phylogenetics of any kind of data ... "
- Andrew Brower, Assistant Director at USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
"... this book is focused on phylogenetic analyses based on morphological date [and] paleontologists will find its content particularly useful. ... provide[s] both researchers and students alike with the theoretical bases and tools for the correct building of robust phylogenetic data matrices, their analysis, and subsequent interpretation. [this book] will become a 'must-read' ..."
- M. D.Ezcurra in Ameghiniana, 2024, vol 61 (1).