Bayes or bootstrap? A simulation study comparing the performance of Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling and bootstrapping in assessing phylogenetic confidence ME Alfaro, S Zoller, F Lutzoni Molecular biology and evolution 20 (2), 255-266, 2003 | 1260 | 2003 |
Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates ME Alfaro, F Santini, C Brock, H Alamillo, A Dornburg, DL Rabosky, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (32), 13410-13414, 2009 | 913 | 2009 |
geiger v2. 0: an expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees MW Pennell, JM Eastman, GJ Slater, JW Brown, JC Uyeda, RG FitzJohn, ... Bioinformatics 30 (15), 2216-2218, 2014 | 871 | 2014 |
An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes DL Rabosky, J Chang, PF Cowman, L Sallan, M Friedman, K Kaschner, ... Nature 559 (7714), 392-395, 2018 | 675 | 2018 |
Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation DL Rabosky, F Santini, J Eastman, SA Smith, B Sidlauskas, J Chang, ... Nature communications 4 (1), 1958, 2013 | 659 | 2013 |
Bayesian phylogenetic model selection using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo JP Huelsenbeck, B Larget, ME Alfaro Molecular biology and evolution 21 (6), 1123-1133, 2004 | 605 | 2004 |
Many-to-one mapping of form to function: a general principle in organismal design? PC Wainwright, ME Alfaro, DI Bolnick, CD Hulsey Integrative and comparative biology 45 (2), 256-262, 2005 | 472 | 2005 |
Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae MW Westneat, ME Alfaro Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 36 (2), 370-390, 2005 | 372 | 2005 |
Integrating fossils with molecular phylogenies improves inference of trait evolution GJ Slater, LJ Harmon, ME Alfaro Evolution 66 (12), 3931-3944, 2012 | 349 | 2012 |
Did genome duplication drive the origin of teleosts? A comparative study of diversification in ray-finned fishes F Santini, LJ Harmon, G Carnevale, ME Alfaro BMC evolutionary biology 9, 1-15, 2009 | 342 | 2009 |
Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: biogeography, ecomorphology, and comparative diversity JT Streelman, M Alfaro, MW Westneat, DR Bellwood, SA Karl Evolution 56 (5), 961-971, 2002 | 330 | 2002 |
Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans GJ Slater, SA Price, F Santini, ME Alfaro Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1697), 3097-3104, 2010 | 322 | 2010 |
A phylogenomic perspective on the radiation of ray-finned fishes based upon targeted sequencing of ultraconserved elements (UCEs) BC Faircloth, L Sorenson, F Santini, ME Alfaro PloS one 8 (6), e65923, 2013 | 314 | 2013 |
Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys JW Lynch Alfaro, JP Boubli, LE Olson, A Di Fiore, B Wilson, ... Journal of biogeography 39 (2), 272-288, 2012 | 302 | 2012 |
A novel comparative method for identifying shifts in the rate of character evolution on trees JM Eastman, ME Alfaro, P Joyce, AL Hipp, LJ Harmon Evolution 65 (12), 3578-3589, 2011 | 263 | 2011 |
Evolutionary consequences of many-to-one mapping of jaw morphology to mechanics in labrid fishes ME Alfaro, DI Bolnick, PC Wainwright The American Naturalist 165 (6), E140-E154, 2005 | 258 | 2005 |
Diversification in vipers: Phylogenetic relationships, time of divergence and shifts in speciation rates LRV Alencar, TB Quental, FG Grazziotin, ML Alfaro, M Martins, M Venzon, ... Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 105, 50-62, 2016 | 253 | 2016 |
Contemporaneous radiations of fungi and plants linked to symbiosis F Lutzoni, MD Nowak, ME Alfaro, V Reeb, J Miadlikowska, M Krug, ... Nature Communications 9 (1), 5451, 2018 | 244 | 2018 |
The posterior and the prior in Bayesian phylogenetics ME Alfaro, MT Holder Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 37 (1), 19-42, 2006 | 226 | 2006 |
Clade age and species richness are decoupled across the eukaryotic tree of life DL Rabosky, GJ Slater, ME Alfaro Public Library of Science 10 (8), e1001381, 2012 | 218 | 2012 |