Contents
Paleonotological Journal

Vol. 40, Suppl. 6, 2006

The supplement is published only in English by Pleiades Publishing, Inc.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Paleontological Journal ISSN 0031-0301.

FROM THE AUTHOR p. 679  abstract

1. TWO EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES p. 679  abstract

1.1. Introduction p. 679  abstract

1.2. Synthetic Theory of Evolution p. 680

1.3. Epigenetic Hypothesis of Evolution p. 684

1.4. Adaptive Compromise p. 686

1.5. Actual Evolution: The Insular Test and the Inadaptation–Euadaptation–Stasis Cycle p. 688

1.6. Problems p. 691

2. METHODOLOGY OF PHYLOGENETICS, TAXONOMY, AND NOMENCLATURE p. 694

2.1. Elements of General Methodology: Presumptions p. 694

2.2. Methodology of Phylogenetics p. 697

2.2.1. Basic Presumptions of Phylogenetics p. 697

2.2.2. Presumptions in the Group Analysis p. 699

2.2.3. Character Analysis p. 701

2.2.4. Example p. 703

2.2.5. Computer Cladistics p. 714

2.2.6. Molecular Phylogeny p. 716

2.3. Methodology of Taxonomy p. 717

2.3.1. Cladistics p. 720

2.3.2. Pheneticism p. 722

2.3.3. Phyletics p. 723

2.4. Methodology of Nomenclature and the Nature of the Taxon p. 725

2.4.1. Taxonomy Independent Principles p. 725

2.4.2. Taxonomy Dependent Principles p. 726

2.4.3. Reasons for Refusing to Follow the Principles of Nomenclature p. 728

3. CONCLUSIONS p. 730

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS p. 731

REFERENCES p. 731

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