Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography and an e-Monograph of the Papaya Family (Caricaceae) as an Example of Taxonomy in the Electronic Age

• Main Author: Antunes Carvalho, Fernanda (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Evolutionary biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

Fernanda Antunes Carvalho addresses an issue of key importance to the field of systematics, namely how to foster taxonomic work and the dissemination of scientific knowledge about species by taking full advantage of electronic data and bioinformatics tools. The first part focuses on the development...

Table of Contents:

• Taxonomy in the Electronic Age
• Correct Names for Some of the Closest Relatives of Carica Papaya
• A Dated Phylogeny of the Papaya Family.- Chromosome Counts for the Caricaceae Reveal.