Previous phylogenetic studies of the grape family (Vitaceae) yielded poorly resolved deep
relationships, thus impeding our understanding of the evolution of the family. Next …

Introduction Traditionally, genomic or transcriptomic data have been restricted to a few
model or emerging model organisms, and to a handful of species of medical and/or …

Current sequencing technologies are making available unprecedented amounts of genetic
data for a large variety of species including nonmodel organisms. Although many …

Garter snakes (Thamnophis) are a successful group of natricines endemic to North America.
They have become important natural models for ecological and evolutionary research, yet …

Freshwater mussels (order Unionoida) are a diverse radiation of parasitic bivalves that
require temporary larval encystment on vertebrate hosts to complete metamorphosis to free …

Recent advances in high‐throughput sequencing library preparation and subgenomic
enrichment methods have opened new avenues for population genetics and phylogenetics …

Few species attract much more attention from the public and scientists than the giant panda
(A iluropoda melanoleuca), a popular, enigmatic but highly endangered species. The …

Molecular biology has provided a rich dataset to develop hypotheses of nervous system
evolution. The startling patterning similarities between distantly related animals during the …

Recent studies have demonstrated that conflict is common among gene trees in
phylogenomic studies, and that less than one percent of genes may ultimately drive species …

Transcriptome-based exon capture methods provide an approach to recover several
hundred markers from genomic DNA, allowing for robust phylogenetic estimation at deep …