Biogeographers have often been puzzled by several unusual features in the Juan
Fernández Islands (JFI) biota. These include the very high endemism density, multiple …

Animal translocations provide striking examples of the human footprint on biodiversity.
Combining continental-wide genomic and DNA-barcoding analyses, we reconstructed the …

Recent time-calibrated amphibian phylogenies agree on the family-level relationships
among extant salamanders but had disparate sampling regimes and inferred very different …

Dendropsophus is one of the most species-rich genera of hylid treefrogs. Recent studies
integrating Sanger-generated mitochondrial and nuclear loci with phenomic characters (SP) …

With more than 600 recognized species, the genus Pristimantis is already the most diverse
among vertebrates, but described species only represent a fraction of the actual diversity in …

The orographic evolution of the Himalaya-Tibet Mountain system continues to be a subject
of controversy, leading to considerable uncertainty regarding the environment and surface …

Paradoxical frogs are exclusively aquatic anurans distributed across much of South
America. They have been the subject of several phylogenetic studies, but the results of these …

DNA damage causes the mutations that are the principal source of genetic variation. DNA
damage detection and repair mechanisms therefore play a determining role in generating …

Estimation of evolutionary relationships among lineages that rapidly diversified can be
challenging, and, in such instances, inaccurate or unresolved phylogenetic estimates can …

To humans, the diverse array of display behaviors that animals use for communication can
easily seem peculiar or bizarre. While ample research delves into the evolutionary principles …