Current approaches to biodiversity conservation are largely based on geographic areas,
ecosystems, ecological communities, and species, with less attention on genetic diversity …

The past decade has seen a major breakthrough in our ability to easily and inexpensively
sequence genome‐scale data from diverse lineages. The development of high‐throughput …

Background Many short-read genome assemblies have been found to be incomplete and
contain mis-assemblies. The Vertebrate Genomes Project has been producing new …

The closure of the Isthmus of Panama has long been considered to be one of the best
defined biogeographic calibration points for molecular divergence-time estimation …

DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is an important pathway which helps to maintain genomic
stability. Mutations in DNA MMR genes are found to promote cancer initiation and foster …

Advances in high-throughput sequencing techniques now allow relatively easy and
affordable sequencing of large portions of the genome, even for nonmodel organisms. Many …

ABSTRACT Building the Tree of Life (ToL) is a major challenge of modern biology, requiring
advances in cyberinfrastructure, data collection, theory, and more. Here, we argue that …

Species are a fundamental unit of biodiversity that are delimited via genetic data and
coalescent-based methods with increasing frequency. Despite the widespread use of …

Understanding the factors that cause heterogeneity among gene trees can increase the
accuracy of species trees. Discordant signals across the genome are commonly produced …

Background Food fraud has become an increasingly worldwide problem mainly driven by
rapid innovation in the food sector and constantly changing consumer's choices. This led to …