Book review introduction

Book review introduction

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25 (2002) 377 www.academicpress.com Editorial Book review introduction I...

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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25 (2002) 377 www.academicpress.com

Editorial

Book review introduction In the past pages of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution we have offered book reviews for our readers that summarize and evaluate books on a single reviewer basis. However, when we now receive an important text that deals with a topic of great interest to our readers, we shall solicit multiple reviews. Our purpose is to facilitate critical discussion of the molecular and computer approaches used to reconstruct phylogeny and probe

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evolutionary processes. Our first offering is a dual review of Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics by M. Nei and S. Kumar. This volume is reviewed by a systematist (J. Gatesy) and population geneticist (R. Chakraborty) in the current issue and we hope that their opinions stimulate discussion of the subject matter and interest in this important text. The Editors