A place for viruses on the tree of life

HMB Harris, C Hill - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Viruses are ubiquitous. They infect almost every species and are probably the most
abundant biological entities on the planet, yet they are excluded from the Tree of Life (ToL) …

The origin (s) of whales

MD Uhen - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Whales are first found in the fossil record approximately 52.5 million years ago (Mya) during
the early Eocene in Indo-Pakistan. Our knowledge of early and middle Eocene whales has …

[HTML][HTML] Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history

MJ Benton, PCJ Donoghue, RJ Asher, M Friedman… - 2015 - palaeo-electronica.org
Dating the tree of life is a core endeavor in evolutionary biology. Rates of evolution are
fundamental to nearly every evolutionary model and process. Rates need dates. There is …

Phylogenetic analysis at deep timescales: unreliable gene trees, bypassed hidden support, and the coalescence/concatalescence conundrum

J Gatesy, MS Springer - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2014 - Elsevier
Large datasets are required to solve difficult phylogenetic problems that are deep in the Tree
of Life. Currently, two divergent systematic methods are commonly applied to such datasets …

Marine mammals harbor unique microbiotas shaped by and yet distinct from the sea

EM Bik, EK Costello, AD Switzer, BJ Callahan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Marine mammals play crucial ecological roles in the oceans, but little is known about their
microbiotas. Here we study the bacterial communities in 337 samples from 5 body sites in 48 …

[图书][B] Taxonomy of Australian mammals

SM Jackson, S Jackson, C Groves - 2015 - books.google.com
Taxonomy of Australian Mammals utilises the latest morphometric and genetic research to
develop the most up to date and comprehensive revision of the taxonomy of Australian …

A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale

J Gatesy, JH Geisler, J Chang, C Buell, A Berta… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2013 - Elsevier
The emergence of Cetacea in the Paleogene represents one of the most profound
macroevolutionary transitions within Mammalia. The move from a terrestrial habitat to a …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative anatomy of the bony labyrinth (inner ear) of placental mammals

EG Ekdale - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Variation is a naturally occurring phenomenon that is observable at all levels of
morphology, from anatomical variations of DNA molecules to gross variations between …

Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution

M Spaulding, MA O'Leary, J Gatesy - Plos one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Integration of diverse data (molecules, fossils) provides the most robust test of
the phylogeny of cetaceans. Positioning key fossils is critical for reconstructing the character …

Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus

MD Voysey, PJN de Bruyn, AB Davies - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Megaherbivores perform vital ecosystem engineering roles, and have their last remaining
stronghold in Africa. Of Africa's remaining megaherbivores, the common hippopotamus …