Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution

by Rob DeSalle (editor)

I Analytical Methods.- to Part I.- 1 Phylogenetic The Basic Method.- 2 Parsimony Analysis.- 3 Optimization Down, Up, Error, and Improvements.- 4 Techniques for Analyzing Large Data Sets.- 5 Measures of Support.- 6 Partitioning of Multiple Data Sets in Phylogenetic Analysis.- 7 Complex Model Organism Genome Databases.- 8 Comparative A Strategy for High-throughput Large-scale Sub-genomic Sequencing Projects for Phylogenetic Analysis.- 9 Comparative Methods.- 10 Analyzing Data at the Population Level.- II Laboratory Methods.- to Part II.- 11 Obtaining, Storing and Archiving Specimens and Tissue Samples for Use in Molecular Studies.- 12 DNA Isolation Procedures.- 13 Late Pleistocene DNA Extraction and Analysis.- 14 PCR Methods and Approaches.- 15 High-Throughput DNA Sequencing for Systematics.- 16 A Practical Guide for Microsatellite Analysis.- 17 Determining the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Developmental Gene Expression in Vertebrates and Invertebrates Using in situ Hybridization Techniques.- Guide to Solutions.- Guide to protocols.- Troubleshooting Guide.

424 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Rob DeSalle is curator of entomology in the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. He is author or coauthor of dozens of books, several based upon exhibitions at the AMNH, including The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs and A Natural History of Wine, coauthored with Ian Tattersall and published by Yale University Press. He lives in New York City.