Bootstrapping is a common method for assessing confidence in phylogenetic analyses.
Although bootstrapping was first applied in phylogenetics to assess the repeatability of a given …

Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences have been aligned and compared in a number of living
organisms, and this approach has provided a wealth of information about phylogenetic …

THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT that the rapidly expanding field of molecular biology has impacted
many scientific disciplines. Ever since GHF Nuttail's initial work in 1904, which used …

Several authors have argued recently that extensive taxon sampling has a positive and
important effect on the accuracy of phylogenetic estimates. However, other authors have argued …

In the past two decades, molecular investigations of systematic problems have progressed
from uncommon curiosities to a standard means of elucidating phylogenetic history. This …

We present a 6-gene, 420-species maximum-likelihood phylogeny of Ascomycota, the largest
phylum of Fungi. This analysis is the most taxonomically complete to date with species …

The success of 16 methods of phylogenetic inference was examined using consistency and
simulation analysis. Success—the frequency with which a tree-making method correctly …

Four New World genera of dwarf boas (Exiliboa, Trachyboa, Tropidophis, and Ungaliophis)
have been placed by many systematists in a single group (traditionally called Tropidophiidae…

The suspension-feeding metazoan subkingdom Lophophorata exhibits characteristics of
both deuterostomes and protostomes. Because the morphology and embryology of …

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