Fungi are morphologically, ecologically, metabolically, and phylogenetically diverse. They
are known to produce numerous bioactive molecules, which makes them very useful for …

Outbreaks of multidrug-resistant bacteria present a frequent threat to vulnerable patient
populations in hospitals around the world. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly …

Programs for Bayesian inference of phylogeny currently implement a unique and fixed suite
of models. Consequently, users of these software packages are simultaneously forced to …

In less than five months, COVID-19 has spread from a small focus in Wuhan, China, to more
than 5 million people in almost every country in the world, dominating the concern of most …

Background Today it is common to apply multiple potentially conflicting data sources to a
given phylogenetic problem. At the same time, several different inference techniques are …

Ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs), also referred to as paleopolyploidizations,
have been reported in most evolutionary lineages. Their attributed role remains a major …

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 …

Short DNA sequences from a standardized region of the genome provide a DNA barcode for
identifying species. Compiling a public library of DNA barcodes linked to named specimens …

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

The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on phylogenetics Since the publication of
the first edition of this landmark volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic …