Harper, Charles W.,Jr., (School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 830 Van Vleet Oval, Rm. 109, Norman, Oklahoma 73019) 1979. A bayesian probability view of phylogenetic systematics. Syst. Zool. 28:547–553.—The ...

A bionumeric code, used by the BCF Exploratory Fishing Base in Pascagoula, Miss, is presented and discussed. The basic code consists of 9 digits divided into phylum-class, class-order, family, genus, and species categories. ...

—Two recent analyses of asteroid phylogeny have come to surprisingly different conclusions concerning both the tree topology and rooting. We reanalyzed the problem for nine asteroids, with representatives from five of the ...

The “shear” method of Humphries et al. (1981) is based on a path model intended to explain differences in form by multiple factors: one for size and one or more for shape differences. Its adaptation for “removing” the ...

A comparative study of data and ordination techniques based on a hybrid swarm of sand verbenas (Abronia Juss.). Syst. Zool., 30:250–267.—The influence of kinds of variables, data errors, standardizations similarity ...

A comparison of methods for reconstructing evolutionary trees. Syst. Zool., 30:156–169.—An evolutionary process, involving splitting of populations at random times and Brownian motion for independent characters at a constant ...

A program, written in the computer language BASIC, is described that calculates by various formulas the degree of biogeographical resemblance between areas. The various formulas are described, and the proper machine ...