TY - JOUR
T1 - Phylogeny as population history
AU - Velasco, Joel
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - The construction and use of phylogenetic trees is central to modern systematics. But it is unclear exactly what phylogenies and phylogenetic trees represent. They are sometimes said to represent genealogical relationships between taxa, between species, or simply between “groups of organisms.” But these are incompatible representational claims. This paper focuses on how trees are used to make inferences and then argues that this focus requires that phylogenies represent the histories of populations.
AB - The construction and use of phylogenetic trees is central to modern systematics. But it is unclear exactly what phylogenies and phylogenetic trees represent. They are sometimes said to represent genealogical relationships between taxa, between species, or simply between “groups of organisms.” But these are incompatible representational claims. This paper focuses on how trees are used to make inferences and then argues that this focus requires that phylogenies represent the histories of populations.
U2 - 10.3998/ptb.6959004.0005.002
DO - 10.3998/ptb.6959004.0005.002
M3 - Article
SP - 18
JO - Philosophy and Theory in Biology
JF - Philosophy and Theory in Biology
SN - 1949-0739
ER -