How deep is the conflict between molecular and fossil evidence on the age of angiosperms?

M Coiro, JA Doyle, J Hilton - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The timing of the origin of angiosperms is a hotly debated topic in plant evolution. Molecular
dating analyses that consistently retrieve pre‐Cretaceous ages for crown‐group …

Major revisions in pancrustacean phylogeny and evidence of sensitivity to taxon sampling

JP Bernot, CL Owen, JM Wolfe, K Meland… - Molecular biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The clade Pancrustacea, comprising crustaceans and hexapods, is the most diverse group
of animals on earth, containing over 80% of animal species and half of animal biomass. It …

Earth history and the passerine superradiation

CH Oliveros, DJ Field, DT Ksepka… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Avian diversification has been influenced by global climate change, plate tectonic
movements, and mass extinction events. However, the impact of these factors on the …

Phylogenomics, origin, and diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)

CS McFadden, AM Quattrini, MR Brugler… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Anthozoan cnidarians (corals and sea anemones) include some of the world's most
important foundation species, capable of building massive reef complexes that support …

Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time

AM Quattrini, E Rodríguez, BC Faircloth… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Identifying how past environmental conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their
skeletal traits provides a framework for predicting their persistence and that of their non …

A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans

JM Wolfe, JW Breinholt, KA Crandall… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Comprising over 15 000 living species, decapods (crabs, shrimp and lobsters) are the most
instantly recognizable crustaceans, representing a considerable global food source …

Large-scale phylogenomic analyses reveal the monophyly of bryophytes and neoproterozoic origin of land plants

D Su, L Yang, X Shi, X Ma, X Zhou… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The relationships among the four major embryophyte lineages (mosses, liverworts,
hornworts, vascular plants) and the timing of the origin of land plants are enigmatic problems …

So many genes, so little time: a practical approach to divergence-time estimation in the genomic era

SA Smith, JW Brown, JF Walker - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Phylogenomic datasets have been successfully used to address questions involving
evolutionary relationships, patterns of genome structure, signatures of selection, and gene …

The Chalcidoidea bush of life: evolutionary history of a massive radiation of minute wasps

A Cruaud, JY Rasplus, J Zhang, R Burks, G Delvare… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chalcidoidea are mostly parasitoid wasps that include as many as 500 000 estimated
species. Capturing phylogenetic signal from such a massive radiation can be daunting …

Constraining uncertainty in the timescale of angiosperm evolution and the veracity of a Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution

J Barba‐Montoya, M Dos Reis, H Schneider… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Through the lens of the fossil record, angiosperm diversification precipitated a Cretaceous
Terrestrial Revolution (KTR) in which pollinators, herbivores and predators underwent …