High-throughput genomic sequencing is rapidly changing the field of phylogenetics by
decreasing the cost and increasing the quantity and rate of data collection by several orders …

As a discipline, phylogenetics is becoming transformed by a flood of molecular data. These
data allow broad questions to be asked about the history of life, but also present difficult …

Artificial intelligence-based protein structure prediction methods such as AlphaFold have
revolutionized structural biology. The accuracies of these predictions vary, however, and …

Elaboration of Bayesian phylogenetic inference methods has continued at pace in recent
years with major new advances in nearly all aspects of the joint modelling of evolutionary …

Determining the most suitable model for phylogeny reconstruction constitutes a fundamental
step in numerous evolutionary studies. Over the years, various criteria for model selection …

Hypotheses about the origin of eukaryotic cells are classically framed within the context of a
universal 'tree of life'based on conserved core genes. Vigorous ongoing debate about …

The relationships at the root of the animal tree have proven difficult to resolve, with the
current debate focusing on whether sponges (phylum Porifera) or comb jellies (phylum …

Abstract Model selection is a topic of special relevance in molecular phylogenetics that
affects many, if not all, stages of phylogenetic inference. Here we discuss some fundamental …

The total-evidence approach to divergence time dating uses molecular and morphological
data from extant and fossil species to infer phylogenetic relationships, species divergence …

The recent development of Bayesian phylogenetic inference using Markov chain Monte
Carlo (MCMC) techniques has facilitated the exploration of parameter-rich evolutionary …