▪ Abstract Investigation into model selection has a long history in the statistical literature. As
model-based approaches begin dominating systematic biology, increased attention has …

Phylogenetic analysis has entered the genomics (multilocus) era. For less experienced
researchers, conquering the large number of software programs required for a multilocus …

Determining the most suitable model for phylogeny reconstruction constitutes a fundamental
step in numerous evolutionary studies. Over the years, various criteria for model selection …

Models of character evolution underpin all phylogeny estimations, thus model adequacy
remains a crucial issue for phylogenetics and its many applications. Although progress has …

Many evolutionary biologists are concerned with the tremendous amount of diversity of
species, and their phenotypes, that we can currently observe in nature, and one of the most …

Abstract jModelTest is a new program for the statistical selection of models of nucleotide
substitution based on “Phyml”(. A simple, fast, and accurate algorithm to estimate large …

Background In recent years, model based approaches such as maximum likelihood have
become the methods of choice for constructing phylogenies. A number of authors have …

We investigate the roles of mitochondrial introgression and incomplete lineage sorting
during the phylogenetic history of crotaphytid lizards. Our Bayesian phylogenetic estimate …

Hummingbirds are an important model system in avian biology, but to date the group has
been the subject of remarkably few phylogenetic investigations. Here we present partitioned …

Abstract jM odel T est is a bioinformatic tool for choosing among different models of
nucleotide substitution. The program implements five different model selection strategies …