Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics
by Masatoshi Nei, Sudhir Kumar

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Book Review: OK, until something better comes along
Summary: 4 Stars

Unlike Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, far too little of the book is devoted to methods at the population level, and what is there again smacks of state-of-the-art 15-20 years ago. I was hoping for much more coverage of microsatellite and AFLP data. There was very little for either, while now rarely-used RFLPs were given extensive coverage.

In short, this book was too short, particularly for the price, and I almost gave it 3 stars rather than 4. However, if you are a phylogeneticist, you will probably want to have this book on your shelf. A lighter introduction for the uninitiated would be Rod Page's "Molecular Evolution" or Graur and Li's "Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution". However, my hopes for a good comprehensive text and reference on phylogenetic methods now rest on publication of Joseph Felsenstein's "Inferring Phylogenies".

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• Subjects > Education & Reference > Words & Language
• Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
• Biology > Molecular Biology
• Evolution > Genetics