TCS: a new multiple sequence alignment reliability measure to estimate alignment accuracy and improve phylogenetic tree reconstruction

JM Chang, P Di Tommaso… - Molecular biology and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is a key modeling procedure when analyzing biological
sequences. Homology and evolutionary modeling are the most common applications of …

Comprehensive phylogeny of acariform mites (Acariformes) provides insights on the origin of the four-legged mites (Eriophyoidea), a long branch

PB Klimov, BM OConnor, PE Chetverikov… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Eriophyoid, or four-legged mites, represent a large and ancient radiation of exclusively
phytophagous organisms known from the Triassic (230 Mya). Hypothesizing phylogenetic …

Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds

J Harshman, EL Braun, MJ Braun… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Ratites (ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, and kiwis) are large, flightless birds that have
long fascinated biologists. Their current distribution on isolated southern land masses is …

Prokaryotic evolution and the tree of life are two different things

E Bapteste, MA O'Malley, RG Beiko, M Ereshefsky… - Biology direct, 2009 - Springer
Background The concept of a tree of life is prevalent in the evolutionary literature. It stems
from attempting to obtain a grand unified natural system that reflects a recurrent process of …

Revisiting the taxonomy of the Rattini tribe: a phylogeny-based delimitation of species boundaries

M Pagès, Y Chaval, V Herbreteau… - BMC evolutionary …, 2010 - Springer
Background Rodents are recognized as hosts for at least 60 zoonotic diseases and may
represent a serious threat for human health. In the context of global environmental changes …

Detecting and overcoming systematic errors in genome-scale phylogenies

N Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, H Brinkmann, B Roure… - Systematic …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Genome-scale data sets result in an enhanced resolution of the phylogenetic inference by
reducing stochastic errors. However, there is also an increase of systematic errors due to …

Additional molecular support for the new chordate phylogeny

F Delsuc, G Tsagkogeorga, N Lartillot, H Philippe - genesis, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Recent phylogenomic analyses have suggested tunicates instead of cephalochordates as
the closest living relatives of vertebrates. In direct contradiction with the long accepted view …

A genetic legacy of introgression confounds phylogeny and biogeography in oaks

JD McVay, AL Hipp, PS Manos - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Oaks (Quercus L.) have long been suspected to hybridize in nature, and widespread genetic
exchange between morphologically defined species is well documented in two-to six …

A molecular phylogeny for the pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) and its implications for higher‐level classification

JC Regier, C Mitter, MA Solis, JE Hayden… - Systematic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Pyraloidea, one of the largest superfamilies of Lepidoptera, comprise more than 15 684
described species worldwide, including important pests, biological control agents and …

Deep phylogenetic incongruence in the angiosperm clade Rosidae

M Sun, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, X Zhu, JG Burleigh… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of large data sets can help resolve difficult nodes in the tree of life and also
reveal complex evolutionary histories. The placement of the Celastrales–Oxalidales …