Geometric morphometrics, homology and cladistics: review and recommendations
A Palci, MSY Lee - Cladistics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Geometric morphometric (GM) data has a long and contentious history in phylogenetic
analyses. Often associated with phenetics, GM has been considered by many to be unable …
analyses. Often associated with phenetics, GM has been considered by many to be unable …
Rocks and clocks revised: new promises and challenges in dating the primate tree of life
In recent years, multiple technological and methodological advances have increased our
ability to estimate phylogenies, leading to more accurate dating of the primate tree of life …
ability to estimate phylogenies, leading to more accurate dating of the primate tree of life …
Morphological data sets fit a common mechanism much more poorly than DNA sequences and call into question the Mkv model
The Mkv evolutionary model, based on minor modifications to models of molecular
evolution, is being increasingly used to infer phylogenies from discrete morphological data …
evolution, is being increasingly used to infer phylogenies from discrete morphological data …
A new phylogenetic hypothesis of turtles with implications for the timing and number of evolutionary transitions to marine lifestyles in the group
SW Evers, RBJ Benson - Palaeontology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary transitions to marine habitats occurred frequently among Mesozoic reptiles.
Only one such clade survives to the present: sea turtles (Chelonioidea). Other marine turtles …
Only one such clade survives to the present: sea turtles (Chelonioidea). Other marine turtles …
Handling logical character dependency in phylogenetic inference: extensive performance testing of assumptions and solutions using simulated and empirical data
TR Simões, OV Vernygora, BAS de Medeiros… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Logical character dependency is a major conceptual and methodological problem in
phylogenetic inference of morphological data sets, as it violates the assumption of character …
phylogenetic inference of morphological data sets, as it violates the assumption of character …
Phylogeny of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates reassessed through revision and expansion of the largest published relevant data matrix
D Marjanović, M Laurin - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
The largest published phylogenetic analysis of early limbed vertebrates (Ruta M, Coates MI.
2007. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5: 69–122) recovered, for example …
2007. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5: 69–122) recovered, for example …
Early cephalopod evolution clarified through Bayesian phylogenetic inference
Background Despite the excellent fossil record of cephalopods, their early evolution is
poorly understood. Different, partly incompatible phylogenetic hypotheses have been …
poorly understood. Different, partly incompatible phylogenetic hypotheses have been …
A reconsideration of inapplicable characters, and an approximation with step‐matrix recoding
Evidence for phylogenetic analysis comes in the form of observed similarities, and trees are
selected to minimize the number of similarities that cannot be accounted for by homology …
selected to minimize the number of similarities that cannot be accounted for by homology …
Farewell to the requirement for character independence: phylogenetic methods to incorporate different types of dependence between characters
PA Goloboff, J De Laet - Cladistics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses methods to take into account interactions between characters, in the
context of parsimony analysis. These interactions can be in the form of some characters …
context of parsimony analysis. These interactions can be in the form of some characters …
New opabiniid diversifies the weirdest wonders of the euarthropod stem group
Once considered 'weird wonders' of the Cambrian, the emblematic Burgess Shale animals
Anomalocaris and Opabinia are now recognized as lower stem-group euarthropods and …
Anomalocaris and Opabinia are now recognized as lower stem-group euarthropods and …