In recent articles published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Mark Springer and
John Gatesy (S&G) present numerous criticisms of recent implementations and testing of the …

The statistical rigor of species delimitation has increased dramatically over the past decade.
Coalescent theory provides powerful models for population genetic inference, and is now …

… because the number of possible phylogenetic trees increases exponentially with the ad- …
Southwestern lineage is unclear and is currently being investigated (Leaché, Reeder, and Cole, …

Genealogical data are an important source of evidence for delimiting species, yet few statistical
methods are available for calculating the probabilities associated with different species …

The multispecies coalescent has provided important progress for evolutionary inferences,
including increasing the statistical rigor and objectivity of comparisons among competing …

Gene flow among populations or species and incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) are two
evolutionary processes responsible for generating gene tree discordance and therefore hindering …

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are useful markers for phylogenetic studies owing
in part to their ubiquity throughout the genome and ease of collection. Restriction site …

Numerous simulation studies have investigated the accuracy of phylogenetic inference of
gene trees under maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian techniques. The …

Rice and its relatives are a focal point in agricultural and evolutionary science, but a paucity
of fossils has obscured their deep-time history. Previously described cuticles with silica …

Recent simulation studies examining the performance of Bayesian species delimitation as
implemented in the bpp program have suggested that bpp may detect population splits but not …