Adaptive dating and fast proposals: Revisiting the phylogenetic relaxed clock model

J Douglas, R Zhang, R Bouckaert - PLoS computational biology, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Relaxed clock models enable estimation of molecular substitution rates across lineages and
are widely used in phylogenetics for dating evolutionary divergence times. Under the …

StarBeast3: adaptive parallelized Bayesian inference under the multispecies coalescent

J Douglas, CL Jiménez-Silva, R Bouckaert - Systematic Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
As genomic sequence data become increasingly available, inferring the phylogeny of the
species as that of concatenated genomic data can be enticing. However, this approach …

Phylogenomic analysis of Syngnathidae reveals novel relationships, origins of endemic diversity and variable diversification rates

J Stiller, G Short, H Hamilton, N Saarman, S Longo… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Seahorses, seadragons, pygmy pipehorses, and pipefishes (Syngnathidae,
Syngnathiformes) are among the most recognizable groups of fishes because of their …

Extant species fail to estimate ancestral geographical ranges at older nodes in primate phylogeny

AL Wisniewski, GT Lloyd… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A clade's evolutionary history is shaped, in part, by geographical range expansion,
sweepstakes dispersal and local extinction. A rigorous understanding of historical …

An efficient coalescent epoch model for Bayesian phylogenetic inference

RR Bouckaert - Systematic Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present a two-headed approach called Bayesian Integrated Coalescent Epoch PlotS
(BICEPS) for efficient inference of coalescent epoch models. Firstly, we integrate out …

Phylogenomics of Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae) indicates Balkan-Apennine mitochondrial capture associated with the Messinian event

V Gvoždík, T Nečas, D Jablonski, EM Lemmon… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
A dated phylogenetic hypothesis on the evolutionary history of the extant taxa of the Western
Palearctic lizards Anguis and Pseudopus is revised using genome-wide nuclear DNA and …

Cryptic biodiversity in the commercial diamondback squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel 1857

D Deville, S Mori, K Kawai, A Escánez, A Macali… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Cephalopod fisheries are increasing, but little is known about the cryptic diversity of some
key commercial species. Recent studies have shown that cryptic speciation is common in …

The small and inconspicuous majority: Revealing the megadiversity and historical biogeography of the Pristimantis unistrigatus species group (Anura, Strabomantidae …

AT Mônico, ED Koch, M Ferrão, IY Fernandes… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
With more than 600 recognized species, the genus Pristimantis is already the most diverse
among vertebrates, but described species only represent a fraction of the actual diversity in …

Quantitatively defining species boundaries with more efficiency and more biological realism

J Douglas, R Bouckaert - Communications Biology, 2022 - nature.com
We introduce a widely applicable species delimitation method based on the multispecies
coalescent model that is more efficient and more biologically realistic than existing methods …

Dated Phylogeny of Astragalus Section Stereothrix (Fabaceae) and Allied Taxa in the Hypoglottis Clade

A Bagheri, AA Maassoumi, J Brassac, FR Blattner - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Biological taxonomic research deals with the grouping of organisms into
entities that reflect their evolutionary history and relationships. In the species-rich plant …