dentist: Quantifying uncertainty by sampling points around maximum likelihood estimates
JD Boyko, BC O'Meara - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is standard statistical practice to provide measures of uncertainty around parameter
estimates. Unfortunately, this very basic and necessary enterprise is often absent in …
estimates. Unfortunately, this very basic and necessary enterprise is often absent in …
[HTML][HTML] Nomenclatural problems raised by the recent description of a new anaconda species (Squamata, Serpentes, Boidae), with a nomenclatural review of the …
A recent paper proposing taxonomic changes in the South American snake genus Eunectes
Wagler, 1830 (anacondas) is analysed. This paper raises an unusually high number of …
Wagler, 1830 (anacondas) is analysed. This paper raises an unusually high number of …
Noise leads to the perceived increase in evolutionary rates over short time scales
BC O'Meara, JM Beaulieu - BioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Interpretations of biodiversity patterns across timescales necessarily assume that
fundamental processes of evolution do not change over time. While drift, selection, mutation …
fundamental processes of evolution do not change over time. While drift, selection, mutation …
[PDF][PDF] Error causes a perceived pull to the present in evolutionary rates
BC O'Meara, JM Beaulieu - BioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Interpretations of biodiversity patterns across timescales necessarily assume that
fundamental processes of evolution do not change over time. A recurring pattern across a …
fundamental processes of evolution do not change over time. A recurring pattern across a …
[HTML][HTML] Form, function, mind: What doesn't compute (and what might)
SA Newman - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The applicability of computational and dynamical systems models to organisms is
scrutinized, using examples from developmental biology and cognition. Developmental …
scrutinized, using examples from developmental biology and cognition. Developmental …
A covariant model of molecular and diversification patterns through time and the history of large clades
Rate shifts in speciation and extinction have been recognised as important contributors to
the creation of evolutionary patterns. In particular, the distribution of modern clade sizes is …
the creation of evolutionary patterns. In particular, the distribution of modern clade sizes is …
Chronospaces: an R package for the statistical exploration of divergence times promotes the assessment of methodological sensitivity
N Mongiardino Koch, P Milla Carmona - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Much of our understanding of the history of life hinges upon time calibration, the process of
assigning absolute times to cladogenetic events. Bayesian approaches to time scaling …
assigning absolute times to cladogenetic events. Bayesian approaches to time scaling …