Molecular phylogenetics: principles and practice
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 …
among species or genes, the origin and spread of viral infection and the demographic …
Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution
Fossils and molecular data are two independent sources of information that should in
principle provide consistent inferences of when evolutionary lineages diverged. Here we …
principle provide consistent inferences of when evolutionary lineages diverged. Here we …
A metacalibrated time‐tree documents the early rise of flowering plant phylogenetic diversity
S Magallón, S Gómez‐Acevedo… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The establishment of modern terrestrial life is indissociable from angiosperm evolution.
While available molecular clock estimates of angiosperm age range from the Paleozoic to …
While available molecular clock estimates of angiosperm age range from the Paleozoic to …
[HTML][HTML] Uncertainty in the timing of origin of animals and the limits of precision in molecular timescales
The timing of divergences among metazoan lineages is integral to understanding the
processes of animal evolution, placing the biological events of species divergences into the …
processes of animal evolution, placing the biological events of species divergences into the …
The fossilized birth–death process for coherent calibration of divergence-time estimates
TA Heath, JP Huelsenbeck… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Time-calibrated species phylogenies are critical for addressing a wide range of questions in
evolutionary biology, such as those that elucidate historical biogeography or uncover …
evolutionary biology, such as those that elucidate historical biogeography or uncover …
Total-evidence dating under the fossilized birth–death process
Bayesian total-evidence dating involves the simultaneous analysis of morphological data
from the fossil record and morphological and sequence data from recent organisms, and it …
from the fossil record and morphological and sequence data from recent organisms, and it …
Approximate Bayesian computation in evolution and ecology
MA Beaumont - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
In the past 10years a statistical technique, approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), has
been developed that can be used to infer parameters and choose between models in the …
been developed that can be used to infer parameters and choose between models in the …
Molecular‐clock methods for estimating evolutionary rates and timescales
The molecular clock presents a means of estimating evolutionary rates and timescales using
genetic data. These estimates can lead to important insights into evolutionary processes and …
genetic data. These estimates can lead to important insights into evolutionary processes and …
Best practices for justifying fossil calibrations
JF Parham, PCJ Donoghue, CJ Bell… - Systematic …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Our ability to correlate biological evolution with climate change, geological evolution, and
other historical patterns is essential to understanding the processes that shape biodiversity …
other historical patterns is essential to understanding the processes that shape biodiversity …
[HTML][HTML] Bayesian molecular clock dating of species divergences in the genomics era
Five decades have passed since the proposal of the molecular clock hypothesis, which
states that the rate of evolution at the molecular level is constant through time and among …
states that the rate of evolution at the molecular level is constant through time and among …