Many phylogenetic analyses, particularly morphological studies, use higher taxa (eg,
genera, families) rather than species as terminal taxa. This general approach requires …

Taxon sampling may be critically important for phylogenetic accuracy because adding taxa
can help to subdivide misleading long branches. Although the idea that added taxa can …

The effect of taxonomic sampling on phylogenetic accuracy under parsimony is examined by
simulating nucleotide sequence evolution. Random error is minimized by using very large …

Advances in the generation, retrieval, and analysis of phylogenetic data have enabled
researchers to create phylogenies that contain many thousands of taxa. These …

Simulation-based and experimental studies are crucial to produce factual arguments to
solve theoretical and methodological debates in phylogenetics. However, despite the large …

Since the introduction of the cladistic method in systematics, continuous characters have
been integrated into analyses but no methods for their treatment have received unanimous …

Two common approaches for estimating phylogenies in species-rich groups are to:(i)
sample many loci for few species (eg phylogenomic approach), or (ii) sample many species …

Several authors have argued recently that extensive taxon sampling has a positive and
important effect on the accuracy of phylogenetic estimates. However, other authors have …

Phenotypic characters are essential to study the evolution of extant and extinct life forms and
to reconstruct the tree of life. Inside the cladistics theory, parsimony is used by a large …

Rates of species formation vary widely across the tree of life and contribute to massive
disparities in species richness among clades. This variation can emerge from differences in …