Lichens are symbiotic associations resulting from interactions among fungi (primary and
secondary mycobionts), algae and/or cyanobacteria (primary and secondary photobionts) …

The unparalleled biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted
the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in recent years in our …

The establishment of modern terrestrial life is indissociable from angiosperm evolution.
While available molecular clock estimates of angiosperm age range from the Paleozoic to …

Families and genera assigned to Tremellomycetes have been mainly circumscribed by
morphology and for the yeasts also by biochemical and physiological characteristics. This …

Most small genera containing yeast species in the Pucciniomycotina (Basidiomycota, Fungi)
are monophyletic, whereas larger genera including Bensingtonia, Rhodosporidium …

The power and throughput of next-generation sequencing is instigating a major
transformation in our understanding of evolution and classification of life on our planet. The …

Phylogenetic relationships and the timing of evolutionary events are essential for
understanding evolution on longer time scales. Cheilostome bryozoans are a group of …

Simpson's “early burst” model of adaptive radiation was intended to explain the early
proliferation of morphological and functional variation in diversifying clades. Yet, despite …

Although classification at supra-specific ranks is inherently arbitrary, comparable taxonomic
ranks within clades can facilitate more consistent classifications and objective comparisons …

A long-standing hypothesis in adaptive radiation theory is that ecological opportunity
constrains rates of phenotypic evolution, generating a burst of morphological disparity early …