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Annals of Botany 93: 115, 2004
© 2004 Annals of Botany Company

Skelton P, Smith A. 2002. Accompanying booklet written by Monks N. Cladistics: a practical primer on CD-ROM

MARK W. CHASE

Cladistics: a practical primer on CD-ROM.
Skelton P, Smith A. 2002. Accompanying booklet written by Monks N
Cambridge University Press. Co-produced by the Natural History Museum, the Open University and the BBC.
£29·95. pp.

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As the authors state in their preface, the ‘last few decades have seen a revolution in the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships’, fuelled, in particular, by the use of powerful computers and the relatively easy availability of DNA sequence data. For beginners and scientists in other fields of biology, this interactive CD-ROM provides an introduction to the basic methodology of cladistics, using examples for both morphology and DNA sequences. The CD-ROM is accompanied by a booklet that provides the text and examples, as well as additional notes and comments. The user does not need to read the booklet, but it is useful to have it to refer to; it helps to find the parts of the computerized presentation to which the user would like to return. Overall, I found this to be an excellent production. I have a minor quibble with the fact that the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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