Author : Fernanda Antunes Carvalho
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ISBN 13 : 9783658102685
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography and an E-Monograph of the Papaya Family (Caricaceae) as an Example of Taxonomy in the Electronic Age by : Fernanda Antunes Carvalho
Download or read book Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography and an E-Monograph of the Papaya Family (Caricaceae) as an Example of Taxonomy in the Electronic Age written by Fernanda Antunes Carvalho and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 of an electronic monograph of the papaya family (Caricaceae) using existing infrastructures of Information Technology (IT) and bioinformatic tools that together set the stage for a new era of systematics. Based on the plastid and nuclear DNA data, the author inferred historical processes in the second part that may have shaped the evolution of the Caricaceae and explain their current geographic distribution. The last part is dedicated to the evolution of chromosome numbers in the Caricaceae and includes counts for species from three genera (Cylicomorpha, Horovitzia, Jarilla) that have never been investigated before. 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 Target Groups Researchers and students in the field of plant taxonomy as well as biogeographers The Author Dr. Fernanda Antunes Carvalho completed her Ph.D. in Botany at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. She is now a post-doc at the University of Gothenburg.