Background The aim of this study is to describe the major evolutionary historical events
among Leishmania, sandflies, and the associated animal reservoirs in detail, in accordance …

The process of adaptive radiation—the proliferation of species from a single ancestor and
diversification into many ecologically different forms—has been of great interest to …

We announce the release of Reconstruct Ancestral State in Phylogenies (RASP), a user-
friendly software package for inferring historical biogeography through reconstructing …

We combined new sequence data for more than 300 muroid rodent species with our
previously published sequences for up to five nuclear and one mitochondrial genes to …

Adaptive radiations are bursts of evolutionary species diversification that have contributed to
much of the species diversity on Earth. An exception is modern Europe, where descendants …

Spatial and temporal differences in ecological opportunity can result in disparity of net
species diversification rates and consequently uneven distribution of taxon richness across …

Abstract With almost 2,600 species, Rodentia is the most diverse order of mammals. Here,
we provide an overview of changes in our understanding of the systematics of living rodents …

Secondary calibrations (calibrations based on the results of previous molecular dating
studies) are commonly applied in divergence time analyses in groups that lack fossil data; …

Arvicolinae is one of the most impressive placental radiations with over 150 extant and
numerous extinct species that emerged since the Miocene in the Northern Hemisphere. The …

The relative importance of different modes of evolution in shaping phenotypic diversity
remains a hotly debated question. Fossil data suggest that stasis may be a common mode of …