[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in taxonomic studies, biogeographic analysis, and revised checklist of amphibians in Indochina

NA Poyarkov, T Van Nguyen, ES Popov… - Russian Journal of …, 2021 - rjh.folium.ru
Abstract The Indochinese Peninsula is recognized as one of the key global biodiversity
hotspots. The amphibian fauna of Indochina (including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and …

Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous

A Ghezelayagh, RC Harrington, ED Burress… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Spiny-rayed fishes (Acanthomorpha) dominate modern marine habitats and account for
more than a quarter of all living vertebrate species. Previous time-calibrated phylogenies …

Interrogating genomic-scale data to resolve recalcitrant nodes in the spider tree of life

S Kulkarni, RJ Kallal, H Wood, D Dimitrov… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Genome-scale data sets are converging on robust, stable phylogenetic hypotheses for many
lineages; however, some nodes have shown disagreement across classes of data. We use …

Gene Flow Increases Phylogenetic Structure and Inflates Cryptic Species Estimations: A Case Study on Widespread Philippine Puddle Frogs (Occidozyga laevis)

KO Chan, CR Hutter, PL Wood Jr, YC Su… - Systematic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In cryptic amphibian complexes, there is a growing trend to equate high levels of genetic
structure with hidden cryptic species diversity. Typically, phylogenetic structure and distance …

Data types and the phylogeny of Neoaves

EL Braun, RT Kimball - Birds, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Some of the earliest studies using molecular data to resolve evolutionary
history separated birds into three main groups: Paleognathae (ostriches and allies) …

Do alignment and trimming methods matter for phylogenomic (UCE) analyses?

DM Portik, JJ Wiens - Systematic Biology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Alignment is a crucial issue in molecular phylogenetics because different alignment
methods can potentially yield very different topologies for individual genes. But it is unclear if …

FrogCap: A modular sequence capture probe‐set for phylogenomics and population genetics for all frogs, assessed across multiple phylogenetic scales

CR Hutter, KA Cobb, DM Portik… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the prevalence of high‐throughput sequencing in phylogenetics, many relationships
remain difficult to resolve because of conflicting signal among genomic regions. Selection of …

Massive genome reduction predates the divergence of Symbiodiniaceae dinoflagellates

S Shah, KE Dougan, Y Chen, R Lo, G Laird… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae are taxonomically diverse, predominantly
symbiotic lineages that are well-known for their association with corals. The ancestor of …

Integrative phylogenomics reveals a Permian origin of Adephaga beetles

SM Baca, GT Gustafson, AM Alexander… - Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Beetles are arguably the most diverse group of animals on Earth with over 400 000
described species. Yet the timing of main diversification events among these insects …

Target-capture phylogenomics provide insights on gene and species tree discordances in Old World treefrogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

KO Chan, CR Hutter, PL Wood Jr… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Genome-scale data have greatly facilitated the resolution of recalcitrant nodes that Sanger-
based datasets have been unable to resolve. However, phylogenomic studies continue to …