Prokaryotic taxonomy and nomenclature in the age of big sequence data

P Hugenholtz, M Chuvochina, A Oren… - the ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The classification of life forms into a hierarchical system (taxonomy) and the application of
names to this hierarchy (nomenclature) is at a turning point in microbiology. The …

A RESTful API for access to phylogenetic tools via the CIPRES science gateway

MA Miller, T Schwartz, BE Pickett, S He… - Evolutionary …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The CIPRES Science Gateway is a community web application that provides public access
to a set of parallel tree inference and multiple sequence alignment codes run on large …

Inferring the mammal tree: species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation

NS Upham, JA Esselstyn, W Jetz - PLoS biology, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Big, time-scaled phylogenies are fundamental to connecting evolutionary processes to
modern biodiversity patterns. Yet inferring reliable phylogenetic trees for thousands of …

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

RA Pyron, FT Burbrink, JJ Wiens - BMC evolutionary biology, 2013 - Springer
Background The extant squamates (> 9400 known species of lizards and snakes) are one of
the most diverse and conspicuous radiations of terrestrial vertebrates, but no studies have …

A species-level phylogeny of extant snakes with description of a new colubrid subfamily and genus

A Figueroa, AD McKelvy, LL Grismer, CD Bell… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background With over 3,500 species encompassing a diverse range of morphologies and
ecologies, snakes make up 36% of squamate diversity. Despite several attempts at …

A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

RA Pyron, JJ Wiens - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2011 - Elsevier
The extant amphibians are one of the most diverse radiations of terrestrial vertebrates (>
6800 species). Despite much recent focus on their conservation, diversification, and …

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg extinction on mammal diversification

RW Meredith, JE Janečka, J Gatesy, OA Ryder… - science, 2011 - science.org
Previous analyses of relations, divergence times, and diversification patterns among extant
mammalian families have relied on supertree methods and local molecular clocks. We …

Molecular phylogenetics: principles and practice

Z Yang, B Rannala - Nature reviews genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Phylogenies are important for addressing various biological questions such as relationships
among species or genes, the origin and spread of viral infection and the demographic …

Comparative genomics of biotechnologically important yeasts

R Riley, S Haridas, KH Wolfe… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Ascomycete yeasts are metabolically diverse, with great potential for biotechnology. Here,
we report the comparative genome analysis of 29 taxonomically and biotechnologically …

Characterization of ancient and modern genomes by SNP detection and phylogenomic and metagenomic analysis using PALEOMIX

M Schubert, L Ermini, CD Sarkissian, H Jónsson… - Nature protocols, 2014 - nature.com
Next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized the field of paleogenomics,
allowing the reconstruction of complete ancient genomes and their comparison with modern …