TY - BOOK ID - 57627451 TI - The character concept in evolutionary biology PY - 2001 SN - 0127300554 9780080528908 0080528902 9780127300559 9786611057138 1281057134 PB - San Diego, Calif. Academic Press DB - UniCat KW - Evolution. Phylogeny KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Character. KW - Ethology KW - Ethics KW - Personality KW - Animal evolution KW - Animals KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biology KW - Evolution KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:57627451 AB - Almost all evolutionary biologists, indeed all biologists, use particular features to study life. These characteristics or features used by evolutionary biologists are used in a particular way to unravel a tangled evolutionary history, document the rate of evolutionary change, or as evidence of biodiversity. ""Characters"" are the ""data"" of evolutionary biology and they can be employed differently in research providing both opportunities and limitations. The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology is about characters, their use, how different sorts of characters are limited, and wha ER -