Despite the introduction of likelihood-based methods for estimating phylogenetic trees from
phenotypic data, parsimony remains the most widely-used optimality criterion for building …

High‐throughput sequencing is helping biologists to overcome the difficulties of inferring the
phylogenies of recently diverged taxa. The present study analyzes the phylogenetic signal of …

The backbone phylogeny of Lepidoptera remains unresolved, despite strenuous recent
morphological and molecular efforts. Molecular studies have focused on nuclear protein …

The cosmopolitan red algal genus Pyropia sensu lato is the most speciose of the bladed
Bangiales genera. In a major revision of the Bangiales, Pyropia was resurrected from …

Bats are among the most recognizable, numerous, and widespread of all mammals. But
much of their fossil record is missing, and bat origins remain poorly understood, as do the …

Despite much attention, history of sheep (Ovis aries) evolution, including its dating,
demographic trajectory and geographic spread, remains controversial. To address these …

The systematization of species in plant taxonomy based on the phylogenetic relationships
among them are of utmost importance and also very challenging in large genera. In those …

Background The vast majority of all life that ever existed on earth is now extinct and several
aspects of their evolutionary history can only be assessed by using morphological data from …

This overview of the Luciolinae addresses the fauna of SE Asia including India, Sri Lanka,
China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, the …

Aim Past climatic oscillations are the main driving force of evolutionary changes in alpine
species. Species' response to paleoclimatic oscillations is crucial in forecasting their future …