▪ Abstract Recent results from ancestral (minimally derived) protists testify to the tremendous
diversity of the mitochondrial genome in various eukaryotic lineages, but also reinforce the …

▪ Abstract The analysis of molecular phylogenetic data has advanced the knowledge of the
relationships among the major groups of living vertebrates. Whereas the molecular …

Our ability to correlate biological evolution with climate change, geological evolution, and
other historical patterns is essential to understanding the processes that shape biodiversity …

Dating the tree of life is a core endeavor in evolutionary biology. Rates of evolution are
fundamental to nearly every evolutionary model and process. Rates need dates. There is …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Background The morphological peculiarities of turtles have, for a long time, impeded their
accurate placement in the phylogeny of amniotes. Molecular data used to address this major …

We present the first genomic-scale analysis addressing the phylogenetic position of turtles,
using over 1000 loci from representatives of all major reptile lineages including tuatara …

Partitioned Bayesian analyses of∼ 2.2 kb of nucleotide sequence data (mtDNA) were used
to elucidate phylogenetic relationships among 30 scincid lizard genera. Few partitioned …

We present a rank-free phylogenetic nomenclature for 25 well-established ancient clades of
living turtles. This is the first attempt to document fully the nomenclatural history of a clade …

Climate change–induced mass extinctions provide unique opportunities to explore the
impacts of global environmental disturbances on organismal evolution. However, their …