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Get checked abstract Julia A. Clarke and Kevin M. Middleton

Mosaicism, Modules, and the Evolution of Birds: Results from a Bayesian Approach to the Study of Morphological Evolution Using Discrete Character Data
Syst Biol 2008 57: 185-201; doi:10.1080/10635150802022231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. B. Zhang, D. S. Sikes, C. Muster, and S. Q. Li

Inferring Species Membership Using DNA Sequences with Back-Propagation Neural Networks
Syst Biol 2008 57: 202-215; doi:10.1080/10635150802032982 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Howard A. Ross, Sumathi Murugan, and Wai Lok Sibon Li

Testing the Reliability of Genetic Methods of Species Identification via Simulation
Syst Biol 2008 57: 216-230; doi:10.1080/10635150802032990 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Niklas Wahlberg and Christopher West Wheat

Genomic Outposts Serve the Phylogenomic Pioneers: Designing Novel Nuclear Markers for Genomic DNA Extractions of Lepidoptera
Syst Biol 2008 57: 231-242; doi:10.1080/10635150802033006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mike Steel and Allen Rodrigo

Maximum Likelihood Supertrees
Syst Biol 2008 57: 243-250; doi:10.1080/10635150802033014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Trevor C. Bruen and David Bryant

Parsimony via Consensus
Syst Biol 2008 57: 251-256; doi:10.1080/10635150802040597 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johan A. A. Nylander, Urban Olsson, Per Alström, and Isabel Sanmartín

Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty in Biogeography: A Bayesian Approach to Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis of the Thrushes (Aves: Turdus)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 257-268; doi:10.1080/10635150802044003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guilhem Mansion, Gideon Rosenbaum, Nicola Schoenenberger, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Josep A. Rosselló, and Elena Conti

Phylogenetic Analysis Informed by Geological History Supports Multiple, Sequential Invasions of the Mediterranean Basin by the Angiosperm Family Araceae
Syst Biol 2008 57: 269-285; doi:10.1080/10635150802044029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chris Venditti, Andrew Meade, and Mark Pagel

Phylogenetic Mixture Models Can Reduce Node-Density Artifacts
Syst Biol 2008 57: 286-293; doi:10.1080/10635150802044045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Natalia M. Belfiore, Liang Liu, and Craig Moritz

Multilocus Phylogenetics of a Rapid Radiation in the Genus Thomomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 294-310; doi:10.1080/10635150802044011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Points of View

Robert J. Asher, Jonathan H. Geisler, and Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

Morphology, Paleontology, and Placental Mammal Phylogeny
Syst Biol 2008 57: 311-317; doi:10.1080/10635150802033022 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank T. Burbrink and R. Alexander Pyron

The Taming of the Skew: Estimating Proper Confidence Intervals for Divergence Dates
Syst Biol 2008 57: 317-328; doi:10.1080/10635150802040605 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review

Michael D. Crisp

Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand.—George Gibbs. 2006, reprinted 2007. Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, New Zealand. 232 pp. ISBN 978-1-877333-48-4 (ISBN-10 1-877333-48-4). NZ$49.99 (hardcover)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 329-332; doi:10.1080/10635150802034962 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

In Memoriam

David J. Schmidly

Terry Lamon Yates
Syst Biol 2008 57: 333-334; doi:10.1080/10635150802049176 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Syst Biol 2008 57: A2-A3; doi:10.1080/10635150802122346 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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