Amphibians represent a diverse group of tetrapods, marked by deep divergence times
between their three systematic orders and families. Studying amphibian biology through the …

Phylogenetic trees based on genome-wide sequence data may not always represent the
true evolutionary history for a variety of reasons. One process that can lead to incorrect …

Many herpetofauna species have been introduced outside of their native range. MtDNA
barcoding is regularly used to determine the provenance of such populations. The alpine …

Recent time-calibrated amphibian phylogenies agree on the family-level relationships
among extant salamanders but had disparate sampling regimes and inferred very different …

Coniferous forests are under severe threat of the rapid anthropogenic climate warming.
Abies (firs), the fourth‐largest conifer genus, is a keystone component of the boreal and …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are central to the adaptive immune
response in vertebrates. Selection generally maintains high MHC variation because the …

The family Alaudidae, larks, comprises 93–100 species (depending on taxonomy) that are
widely distributed across Africa and Eurasia, with single species extending their ranges to …

Abstract Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are a lineage of~ 5200 plant‐feeding insects most
abundant in temperate regions. The diversification of aphids is thought to be a rapid …

There is an increased interest in the evolution and development of newts from the genus
Triturus because:(1) morphological differentiation among the nine constituent species …

Salamanders have large and complex genomes, hampering whole genome sequencing, but
reduced representation sequencing provides a feasible alternative. We present NewtCap: a …