Giant taxon‐character matrices: quality of character constructions remains critical regardless of size
Giant morphological data matrices are increasingly common in cladistic analyses of
vertebrate phylogeny, reporting numbers of characters never seen or expected before …
vertebrate phylogeny, reporting numbers of characters never seen or expected before …
Deep history impacts present-day ecology and biodiversity
Lizards and snakes putatively arose between the early Jurassic and late Triassic; they
diversified worldwide and now occupy many different ecological niches, making them ideal …
diversified worldwide and now occupy many different ecological niches, making them ideal …
Journeys through discrete‐character morphospace: synthesizing phylogeny, tempo, and disparity
GT Lloyd - Palaeontology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Palaeontologists have long employed discrete categorical data to capture morphological
variation in fossil species, using the resulting character–taxon matrices to measure …
variation in fossil species, using the resulting character–taxon matrices to measure …
Molecular phylogenetics of Squamata: the position of snakes, amphisbaenians, and dibamids, and the root of the squamate tree
TM Townsend, A Larson, E Louis… - Systematic biology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Squamate reptiles (snakes, lizards, and amphisbaenians) serve as model systems for
evolutionary studies of a variety of morphological and behavioral traits, and phylogeny is …
evolutionary studies of a variety of morphological and behavioral traits, and phylogeny is …
Bayesian morphological clock methods resurrect placoderm monophyly and reveal rapid early evolution in jawed vertebrates
The phylogeny of early gnathostomes provides an important framework for understanding
one of the most significant evolutionary events, the origin and diversification of jawed …
one of the most significant evolutionary events, the origin and diversification of jawed …
Hidden support from unpromising data sets strongly unites snakes with anguimorph 'lizards'
MSY Lee - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
A combined analysis of nuclear, mitochondrial and morphological data robustly resolves
snakes as the sister taxon to anguimorph 'lizards'. Analysed in isolation, nuclear DNA …
snakes as the sister taxon to anguimorph 'lizards'. Analysed in isolation, nuclear DNA …
Calibration choice, rate smoothing, and the pattern of tetrapod diversification according to the long nuclear gene RAG-1
A phylogeny of tetrapods is inferred from nearly complete sequences of the nuclear RAG-1
gene sampled across 88 taxa encompassing all major clades, analyzed via parsimony and …
gene sampled across 88 taxa encompassing all major clades, analyzed via parsimony and …
Ghost lineages and “mammalness”: assessing the temporal pattern of character acquisition in the Synapsida
The origin of mammals has been characterized as a gradual process, a claim based
primarily on a well-preserved series of extinct nonmammalian synapsids (“mammal-like …
primarily on a well-preserved series of extinct nonmammalian synapsids (“mammal-like …
Empirical and Bayesian approaches to fossil-only divergence times: a study across three reptile clades
Estimating divergence times on phylogenies is critical in paleontological and neontological
studies. Chronostratigraphically-constrained fossils are the only direct evidence of absolute …
studies. Chronostratigraphically-constrained fossils are the only direct evidence of absolute …
Do cladistic and morphometric data capture common patterns of morphological disparity?
The distinctly non‐random diversity of organismal form manifests itself in discrete clusters of
taxa that share a common body plan. As a result, analyses of disparity require a scalable …
taxa that share a common body plan. As a result, analyses of disparity require a scalable …