Phylogenomic analysis of large genome-wide sequence data sets can resolve phylogenetic
tree topologies for large species groups, help test the accuracy of and improve resolution for …

Body size is an important species trait, correlating with life span, fecundity, and other
ecological factors. Over Earth's geological history, climate shifts have occurred, potentially …

Colonization of a novel habitat is often followed by phenotypic diversification in the wake of
ecological opportunity. However, some habitats should be inherently more constraining than …

More than half the ray-finned fishes and about one-quarter of all living vertebrates belong to
Percomorphacea. Among its 30 orders, Stromateiformes encompass 77 species in 16 …

Choosing among types of genomic markers to be used in a phylogenomic study can have a
major influence on the cost, design, and results of a study. Yet few attempts have been made …

The scale of data sets used to infer phylogenies has grown dramatically in the last decades,
providing researchers with an enormous amount of information with which to draw …

Classification of the tremendous diversity of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) began with the
designation of taxonomic groups on the basis of morphological similarity. Starting in the late …

Phylogenetic relationships are inferred principally from two classes of data: morphological
and molecular. Currently, most phylogenies of extant taxa are inferred from molecules and …

Tropical wandering spiders (Ctenidae) are a diverse family of cursorial predators whose
species richness peaks in the tropics. The phylogeny of Ctenidae has been examined using …

Despite the obstacles facing marine colonists, most lineages of aquatic organisms have
colonized and diversified in freshwaters repeatedly. These transitions can trigger rapid …