The class Deltaproteobacteria comprises an ecologically and metabolically diverse group of
bacteria best known for dissimilatory sulphate reduction and predatory behaviour. Although …

▪ Abstract Early studies of animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) assumed that nucleotide
sequence variation was neutral. Recent analyses of sequences from a variety of taxa have …

Beim Studium der jüngeren Kontroversen über den Darwinismus fiel mir wiederholt auf, das
sie falsche Darstellungen enthielten, so als würde es sich um irgendetwas Umfassenderes …

It has been proposed that early bacteria, or even the last universal common ancestor of all
cells, were thermophilic. However, research on the origin and evolution of thermophily is …

Appropriate and extensive taxon sampling is one of the most important determinants of
accurate phylogenetic estimation. In addition, accuracy of inferences about evolutionary …

Constructive neutral evolution (CNE) suggests that neutral evolution may follow a stepwise
path to extravagance. Whether or not CNE is common, the mere possibility raises …

Revealing the determinants of codon usage bias is central to the understanding of factors
governing viral evolution. Herein, we report the results of a survey of codon usage bias in a …

Compositional heterogeneity among lineages can compromise phylogenetic analyses,
because models in common use assume compositionally homogeneous data. Models that …

We analyzed 12 combined mitochondrial and nuclear gene datasets in seven orders of
insects using both equal weights parsimony (to evaluate phylogenetic utility) and Bayesian …

The evolutionary relationships among the apicomplexan blood pathogens known as the
malaria parasites (order Haemosporida), some of which infect nearly 200 million humans …