A systematist's guide to estimating Bayesian phylogenies from morphological data

AM Wright - Insect Systematics and Diversity, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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 …

A Bayesian approach for estimating branch-specific speciation and extinction rates

S Höhna, WA Freyman, Z Nolen, JP Huelsenbeck… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Species richness varies considerably among the tree of life which can only be explained by
heterogeneous rates of diversification (speciation and extinction). Previous approaches use …

Adaptation to hummingbird pollination is associated with reduced diversification in Penstemon

CA Wessinger, MD Rausher, LC Hileman - Evolution letters, 2019 - academic.oup.com
A striking characteristic of the Western North American flora is the repeated evolution of
hummingbird pollination from insect-pollinated ancestors. This pattern has received …

Drift and Directional Selection Are the Evolutionary Forces Driving Gene Expression Divergence in Eye and Brain Tissue of Heliconius Butterflies

A Catalán, AD Briscoe, S Höhna - Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Characterization of gene expression patterns across species-and the evolutionary
forces driving them-can reveal processes that have remained conserved across species, as …

On the inference of a southern origin of the North American firefly Photinus pyralis

A Catalán, S Höhna, SE Lower, P Duchen - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
The firefly Photinus pyralis inhabits a wide range of latitudinal and ecological niches, with
populations living from temperate to tropical habitats. Its ample geographic distribution …