Sequence capture versus restriction site associated DNA sequencing for shallow systematics

MG Harvey, BT Smith, TC Glenn, BC Faircloth… - Systematic …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Sequence capture and restriction site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-Seq) are two
genomic enrichment strategies for applying next-generation sequencing technologies to …

A comprehensive and dated phylogenomic analysis of butterflies

M Espeland, J Breinholt, KR Willmott, AD Warren… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Butterflies (Papilionoidea), with over 18,000 described species [1], have
captivated naturalists and scientists for centuries. They play a central role in the study of …

Delimiting species using single-locus data and the Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescent approach: a revised method and evaluation on simulated data sets

T Fujisawa, TG Barraclough - Systematic biology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
DNA barcoding-type studies assemble single-locus data from large samples of individuals
and species, and have provided new kinds of data for evolutionary surveys of diversity. An …

The influence of gene flow on species tree estimation: a simulation study

AD Leaché, RB Harris, B Rannala, Z Yang - Systematic biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Gene flow among populations or species and incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) are two
evolutionary processes responsible for generating gene tree discordance and therefore …

How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America's most species-rich lizard …

D Esquerré, IG Brennan, RA Catullo, F Torres-Pérez… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Testing hypotheses on drivers of clade evolution and trait diversification provides insight into
many aspects of evolutionary biology. Often, studies investigate only intrinsic biological …

Species Delimitation Using Bayes Factors: Simulations and Application to the Sceloporus scalaris Species Group (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)

JA Grummer, RW Bryson Jr, TW Reeder - Systematic biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Current molecular methods of species delimitation are limited by the types of species
delimitation models and scenarios that can be tested. Bayes factors allow for more flexibility …

Species delimitation with ABC and other coalescent-based methods: a test of accuracy with simulations and an empirical example with lizards of the Liolaemus …

A Camargo, M Morando, LJ Avila, JW Sites Jr - Evolution, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Species delimitation is a major research focus in evolutionary biology because accurate
species boundaries are a prerequisite for the study of speciation. New species delimitation …

The challenge of species delimitation at the extremes: diversification without morphological change in Philippine sun skinks

AJ Barley, J White, AC Diesmos, RM Brown - Evolution, 2013 - academic.oup.com
An accurate understanding of species diversity is essential to studies across a wide range of
biological subdisciplines. However, delimiting species remains challenging in evolutionary …

Hidden diversity within the lizard genus Liolaemus: genetic vs morphological divergence in the L. rothi complex (Squamata: Liolaeminae)

M Olave, LJ Avila, JW Sites Jr, M Morando - Molecular phylogenetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Currently, Liolaemus is the second most species-rich reptile genus in the world (257
species), and predictions of its real diversity suggest that it may be the most diverse genus …

Computational performance and statistical accuracy of* BEAST and comparisons with other methods

HA Ogilvie, J Heled, D Xie, AJ Drummond - Systematic biology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Under the multispecies coalescent model of molecular evolution, gene trees have
independent evolutionary histories within a shared species tree. In comparison, supermatrix …