Reconstructing the tree of life remains a central goal in biology. Early methods, which relied
on small numbers of morphological or genetic characters, often yielded conflicting …

The evolutionary history of a set of taxa is usually represented by a phylogenetic tree, and
this model has greatly facilitated the discussion and testing of hypotheses. However, it is …

Current knowledge of RNA virus biodiversity is both biased and fragmentary, reflecting a
focus on culturable or disease-causing agents. Here we profile the transcriptomes of over …

Resolving the early diversification of animal lineages has proven difficult, even using
genome-scale datasets. Several phylogenomic studies have supported the classical …

Background Phylogenetic and population genetic studies often deal with multiple sequence
alignments that require manipulation or processing steps such as sequence concatenation …

Current methods for inference of phylogenetic trees require running complex pipelines at
substantial computational and labor costs, with additional constraints in sequencing …

Phylogenetic inference and evaluating support for inferred relationships is at the core of
many studies testing evolutionary hypotheses. Despite the popularity of nonparametric …

Resolving the relationships between the major lineages in the animal tree of life is
necessary to understand the origin and evolution of key animal traits. Sponges …

Proportional and separate models able to apply different combination of substitution rate
matrix (SRM) and among‐site rate variation model (ASRVM) to each locus are frequently …

Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …