Morphology, Shape and Phylogeny

Generally, biologists and mathematicians who study the shape and form of organisms have been largely working in isolation from those who work on evolutionary relationships through the analysis of common characteristics. Increasingly however, dialogue between the two communities is beginning to develop - but other than a handful of journal papers, there has been no formal, published discussion on this subject. This book summarizes the interdisciplinary work that has taken place to date and should stimulate additional research into these topics.

'The editors have identified an area that is ready for a major synthetic contribution, and they have assembled an impressive list of authors' - Mark Wilkinson, Natural History Museum, UK