The origin and evolution of model organisms

SB Hedges - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2002 - nature.com
The phylogeny and timescale of life are becoming better understood as the analysis of
genomic data from model organisms continues to grow. As a result, discoveries are being …

Incorporating molecular evolution into phylogenetic analysis, and a new compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers for animal mitochondrial DNA

C Simon, TR Buckley, F Frati, JB Stewart… - Annu. Rev. Ecol …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
DNA data has been widely used in animal phylogenetic studies over the past 15 years. Here
we review how these studies have used advances in knowledge of molecular evolutionary …

Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 …

Y Zheng, JJ Wiens - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2016 - Elsevier
Two common approaches for estimating phylogenies in species-rich groups are to:(i)
sample many loci for few species (eg phylogenomic approach), or (ii) sample many species …

MEGA5: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis using maximum likelihood, evolutionary distance, and maximum parsimony methods

K Tamura, D Peterson, N Peterson… - Molecular biology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Comparative analysis of molecular sequence data is essential for reconstructing the
evolutionary histories of species and inferring the nature and extent of selective forces …

Prospects for inferring very large phylogenies by using the neighbor-joining method

K Tamura, M Nei, S Kumar - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2004 - pnas.org
Current efforts to reconstruct the tree of life and histories of multigene families demand the
inference of phylogenies consisting of thousands of gene sequences. However, for such …

[CARTE][B] Evolution: Probleme—Themen—Fragen

M Ridley - 2013 - books.google.com
Beim Studium der jüngeren Kontroversen über den Darwinismus fiel mir wiederholt auf, das
sie falsche Darstellungen enthielten, so als würde es sich um irgendetwas Umfassenderes …

A multi-gene phylogeny of Clavicipitaceae (Ascomycota, Fungi): Identification of localized incongruence using a combinational bootstrap approach

GH Sung, JM Sung, NL Hywel-Jones… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2007 - Elsevier
Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses were conducted to address the evolution of
Clavicipitaceae (Ascomycota). Data are presented here for approximately 5900 base pairs …

Improving phylogenetic inference of mushrooms with RPB1 and RPB2 nucleotide sequences (Inocybe; Agaricales)

PB Matheny - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2005 - Elsevier
Approximately 3000 bp across 84 taxa have been analyzed for variable regions of RPB1,
RPB2, and nLSU-rDNA to infer phylogenetic relationships in the large ectomycorrhizal …

Increased taxon sampling greatly reduces phylogenetic error

DJ Zwickl, DM Hillis - Systematic biology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Several authors have argued recently that extensive taxon sampling has a positive and
important effect on the accuracy of phylogenetic estimates. However, other authors have …

Taxon sampling and the accuracy of phylogenetic analyses

TA Heath, SM Hedtke, DM Hillis - Journal of systematics and evolution, 2008 - jse.ac.cn
Appropriate and extensive taxon sampling is one of the most important determinants of
accurate phylogenetic estimation. In addition, accuracy of inferences about evolutionary …