… undergone a recent diversification associated with the uplift of the Andes (Vargas & Madriñán,
2012). … ss), group A must be circumscribed as a different taxon (OM Vargas, unpublished). …

Evolutionary relationships among plants have been inferred primarily using chloroplast data.
To date, no study has comprehensively examined the plastome for gene tree conflict. Using …

Haffer’s (Science 165: 131–137, 1969) Pleistocene refuge theory has provided motivation
for 50 years of investigation into the connections between climate, biome dynamics, and …

Premise Large genomic data sets offer the promise of resolving historically recalcitrant species
relationships. However, different methodologies can yield conflicting results, especially …

High species richness and endemism in tropical mountains are recognized as major
contributors to the latitudinal diversity gradient. The processes underlying mountain speciation, …

Puttick et al. (2017 Proc. R. Soc. B 284, 20162290 ( doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2290 )) performed
a simulation study to compare accuracy among methods of inferring phylogeny from …

Admixture is a mechanism by which species of long‐lived plants may acquire novel alleles.
However, the potential role of admixture in the origin and maintenance of tropical plant …

The Neotropical subfamily of Lecythidaceae (Lecythidoideae) is a clade of 10 genera with an
estimated number of 232 species. Lecythidaceae is the third most abundant family of trees …

Reconstructing species trees from multi-loci datasets is becoming a standard practice in
phylogenetics. Nevertheless, access to high-throughput sequencing may be costly, especially …

Importance Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) shows promise as a first-line genetic test for
acutely ill infants, but widespread adoption and implementation requires evidence of an …