Nipah (Nee-pa) viral disease is a zoonotic infection caused by Nipah virus (NiV), a
paramyxovirus belonging to the genus Henipavirus of the family Paramyxoviridae. It is a …

High-throughput genomic sequencing is rapidly changing the field of phylogenetics by
decreasing the cost and increasing the quantity and rate of data collection by several orders …

The current outbreak of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) poses unprecedented
challenges to global health. The new coronavirus responsible for this outbreak—severe …

Taxonomy and phylogeny of poroid Hymenochaetaceae based on the most comprehensive
phylogenetic analyses are presented. A phylogeny based on a combined dataset of ITS and …

ModelTest-NG is a reimplementation from scratch of jModelTest and ProtTest, two popular
tools for selecting the best-fit nucleotide and amino acid substitution models, respectively …

The advent of molecular data has transformed the science of organizing and studying life on
Earth. Genetics-based evidence provides fundamental insights into the diversity, ecology …

This article is the 13th contribution in the Fungal Diversity Notes series, wherein 125 taxa
from four phyla, ten classes, 31 orders, 69 families, 92 genera and three genera incertae …

Abstract Model selection using likelihood-based criteria (eg, AIC) is one of the first steps in
phylogenetic analysis. One must select both a substitution matrix and a model for rates …

The genus Oryza is a model system for the study of molecular evolution over time scales
ranging from a few thousand to 15 million years. Using 13 reference genomes spanning the …

The outbreak of 2019-nCoV in the central Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 poses
unprecedent public health challenges to both China and the rest world. The new …