[HTML][HTML] Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

F Hagen, K Khayhan, B Theelen, A Kolecka… - Fungal genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic analysis of 11 genetic loci and results from many genotyping studies revealed
significant genetic diversity with the pathogenic Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus …

Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data

V Opatova, CA Hamilton, M Hedin… - Systematic …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The infraorder Mygalomorphae is one of the three main lineages of spiders comprising over
3000 nominal species. This ancient group has a worldwide distribution that includes among …

Expanding anchored hybrid enrichment to resolve both deep and shallow relationships within the spider tree of life

CA Hamilton, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2016 - Springer
Background Despite considerable effort, progress in spider molecular systematics has
lagged behind many other comparable arthropod groups, thereby hindering family-level …

Rarity and incomplete sampling in DNA-based species delimitation

D Ahrens, T Fujisawa, HJ Krammer, J Eberle… - Systematic …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
DNA-based species delimitation may be compromised by limited sampling effort and
species rarity, including “singleton” representatives of species, which hampers estimates of …

A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae)

JM Chen, WW Zhou, NA Poyarkov Jr, BL Stuart… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
The horned toad assemblage, genus Megophrys sensu lato, currently includes three groups
previously recognized as the genera Atympanophrys, Xenophrys and Megophrys sensu …

Delineating species with DNA barcodes: a case of taxon dependent method performance in moths

M Kekkonen, M Mutanen, L Kaila, M Nieminen… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The accelerating loss of biodiversity has created a need for more effective ways to discover
species. Novel algorithmic approaches for analyzing sequence data combined with rapidly …

Algorithmic single‐locus species delimitation: effects of sampling effort, variation and nonmonophyly in four methods and 1870 species of beetles

M Pentinsaari, R Vos, M Mutanen - Molecular Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The vast number of undescribed species and the fast rate of biodiversity loss call for new
approaches to speed up alpha taxonomy. A plethora of methods for delimiting species or …

Factors affecting the efficiency of molecular species delimitation in a species‐rich insect family

G Magoga, D Fontaneto… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of global biodiversity loss, molecular species delimitation approaches can be
very useful for accelerating species discovery through DNA taxonomy and inventory through …

[HTML][HTML] Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States

CA Hamilton, BE Hendrixson, JE Bond - ZooKeys, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This systematic study documents the taxonomy, diversity, and distribution of the tarantula
spider genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 within the United States. By employing …

Sky island diversification meets the multispecies coalescent – divergence in the spruce‐fir moss spider (Microhexura montivaga, Araneae, Mygalomorphae) on the …

M Hedin, D Carlson, F Coyle - Molecular Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Microhexura montivaga is a miniature tarantula‐like spider endemic to the highest peaks of
the southern Appalachian mountains and is known only from six allopatric, highly disjunct …