Customer Review: This book is an excellent introduction to the basis principles of phylogenetics. The text is especially good for the practicing biologist as it also has a practical component that applies these theoretical ... Read More
Customer Review: It is a very easy book to read and to use as a manual when you are building phylogenetic trees. I really recommend for beginners!
For people that already know a lot, can be helpful but not essential.
Customer Review: The second edition (2002) has been much expanded (from 464 to 576 pages) and has been adjusted to keep up with the (headlong) developments in this field. It also includes more descriptions of families.