Molecular phylogeny reveals distinct evolutionary lineages of the banded krait, Bungarusfasciatus (Squamata, Elapidae) in Asia

L Biakzuala, HT Lalremsanga, V Santra, A Dhara… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The banded krait, Bungarus fasciatus is a widespread elapid snake, likely to comprise
several distinct species in different geographic regions of Asia. Therefore, based on …

Incorporating the speciation process into species delimitation

J Sukumaran, MT Holder… - PLoS Computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The “multispecies” coalescent (MSC) model that underlies many genomic species-
delimitation approaches is problematic because it does not distinguish between genetic …

The multispecies coalescent over-splits species in the case of geographically widespread taxa

EA Chambers, DM Hillis - Systematic Biology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Many recent species delimitation studies rely exclusively on limited analyses of genetic data
analyzed under the multispecies coalescent (MSC) model, and results from these studies …

Gene flow creates a mirage of cryptic species in a Southeast Asian spotted stream frog complex

KO Chan, CR Hutter, PL Wood Jr, LL Grismer… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Most new cryptic species are described using conventional tree‐and distance‐based
species delimitation methods (SDMs), which rely on phylogenetic arrangements and …

Opportunities and challenges presented by cryptic bryophyte species.

MAM Renner - Telopea, 2020 - openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au
Cryptic bryophyte species exhibit a decoupling in the degree of morphological and
molecular divergence, as a result of different processes, from recent divergence to stasis …

Species delimitation

B Rannala, Z Yang - 2020 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Species delimitation is the process of determining which groups of individual organisms
constitute different populations of a single species and which constitute different species …

Multi-omics landscape and molecular basis of radiation tolerance in a tardigrade

L Li, Z Ge, S Liu, K Zheng, Y Li, K Chen, Y Fu, X Lei… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Tardigrades are captivating organisms known for their resilience in extreme environments,
including ultra-high-dose radiation, but the underlying mechanisms of this resilience remain …

Coalescent-based species delimitation is sensitive to geographic sampling and isolation by distance

NA Mason, NK Fletcher, BA Gill, WC Funk… - Systematics and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Species are a fundamental unit of biodiversity that are delimited via genetic data and
coalescent-based methods with increasing frequency. Despite the widespread use of …

Lack of statistical rigor in DNA barcoding likely invalidates the presence of a true species' barcode gap

JD Phillips, DJ Gillis, RH Hanner - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - frontiersin.org
DNA barcoding has been largely successful in satisfactorily exposing levels of standing
genetic diversity for a wide range of taxonomic groups through the employment of only one …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogeny and species delimitations in the entomopathogenic genus Beauveria (Hypocreales, Ascomycota), including the description of B. peruviensis sp …

DE Bustamante, M Oliva, S Leiva, JE Mendoza… - MycoKeys, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The genus Beauveria is considered a cosmopolitan anamorphic and teleomorphic genus of
soilborne necrotrophic arthropod-pathogenic fungi that includes ecologically and …