Diversity of feeding mechanisms is a hallmark of reef fishes, but the history of this variation is
not fully understood. Here, we explore the emergence and proliferation of a biting mode of …

Bioluminescence is a widespread phenomenon that has evolved multiple times across the
tree of life, converging among diverse fauna and habitat types. The ubiquity of …

The biodiversity of tropical reefs is typified by the interaction between fishes and corals.
Despite the importance of this ecological association, coevolutionary patterns between …

Bayesian coalescent skyline plot models are widely used to infer demographic histories. The
first (non-Bayesian) coalescent skyline plot model assumed a known genealogy as data …

Abstract Premise Astragalus (Fabaceae), with more than 3000 species, represents a
globally successful radiation of morphologically highly similar species predominant across …

Evolutionary shifts in chromosome compositions (karyotypes) are major drivers of lineage
and genomic diversification. Fusion of ancestral chromosomes is one hypothesized …

Phylodynamic models generally aim at jointly inferring phylogenetic relationships, model
parameters, and more recently, the number of lineages through time, based on molecular …

Previous paleobotanical work concluded that Paleogene elements of the sclerophyllous
subhumid vegetation of western Eurasia and western North America were endemic to these …

The processes that control diversification and speciation in deep-sea species are poorly
known. Here, we analyzed data produced by Restriction-Site Associated DNA Sequencing …

Evolution proceeds unevenly across the tree of life, with some lineages accumulating
diversity more rapidly than others. Explaining this disparity is challenging as similar …