Combining morphological and molecular characters through Bayesian total-evidence dating
allows inferring the phylogenetic and timescale framework of both extant and fossil taxa …

Major ecological transitions are thought to fuel diversification, but whether they are
contingent on the evolution of certain traits called key innovations 1 is unclear. Key …

Premise Significant paleobotanical discoveries in recent decades have considerably
improved our understanding of the early evolution of angiosperms and their flowers …

The South American Ctenomys is the most speciose genus among both hystricomorphs and
subterranean rodents of the world. Here, we present the most exhaustive phylogenies and …

Phylogenetic models have become increasingly complex, and phylogenetic data sets have
expanded in both size and richness. However, current inference tools lack a model …

Modern phylodynamic methods interpret an inferred phylogenetic tree as a partial
transmission chain providing information about the dynamic process of transmission and …

Systematics reconstructs tempo and mode in biological evolution by resolving the
phylogenetic fabric of biodiversity. The staggering duration and complexity of evolution …

Probabilistic approaches to phylogenetic inference have recently gained traction in
paleontological studies. Because they directly model processes of evolutionary change …

Phylogenetic trees are crucial to many aspects of taxonomic and comparative biology. Many
researchers have adopted Bayesian methods to estimate their phylogenetic trees. In this …

Indices of morphological disparity seek to summarise the highly multivariate morphological
variation across groups of species within clades, time bins or other groups. Morphological …