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Get checked abstract Michael J. Sanderson, Darren Boss, Duhong Chen, Karen A. Cranston, and Andre Wehe

The PhyLoTA Browser: Processing GenBank for Molecular Phylogenetics Research
Syst Biol 2008 57: 335-346; doi:10.1080/10635150802158688 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Barbara R. Holland, Andrew C. Clarke, and Heidi M. Meudt

Optimizing Automated AFLP Scoring Parameters to Improve Phylogenetic Resolution
Syst Biol 2008 57: 347-366; doi:10.1080/10635150802044037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tae-Kun Seo and Hirohisa Kishino

Synonymous Substitutions Substantially Improve Evolutionary Inference from Highly Diverged Proteins
Syst Biol 2008 57: 367-377; doi:10.1080/10635150802158670 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luke B. Harrison and Hans C. E. Larsson

Estimating Evolution of Temporal Sequence Changes: A Practical Approach to Inferring Ancestral Developmental Sequences and Sequence Heterochrony
Syst Biol 2008 57: 378-387; doi:10.1080/10635150802164421 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Dohrmann, Dorte Janussen, Joachim Reitner, Allen G. Collins, and Gert Wörheide

Phylogeny and Evolution of Glass Sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 388-405; doi:10.1080/10635150802161088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John P. Huelsenbeck, Cécile Ané, Bret Larget, and Fredrik Ronquist

A Bayesian Perspective on a Non-parsimonious Parsimony Model
Syst Biol 2008 57: 406-419; doi:10.1080/10635150802166046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John J. Wiens, Caitlin A. Kuczynski, Sarah A. Smith, Daniel G. Mulcahy, Jack W. Sites, Jr., Ted M. Townsend, and Tod W. Reeder

Branch Lengths, Support, and Congruence: Testing the Phylogenomic Approach with 20 Nuclear Loci in Snakes
Syst Biol 2008 57: 420-431; doi:10.1080/10635150802166053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniel A. Dos Santos, Hugo R. Fernández, María Gabriela Cuezzo, and Eduardo Domínguez

Sympatry Inference and Network Analysis in Biogeography
Syst Biol 2008 57: 432-448; doi:10.1080/10635150802172192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jessica E. Light and Mark S. Hafner

Codivergence in Heteromyid Rodents (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) and Their Sucking Lice of the Genus Fahrenholzia (Phthiraptera: Anoplura)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 449-465; doi:10.1080/10635150802169610 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iván J. Maureira-Butler, Bernard E. Pfeil, Amorntip Muangprom, Thomas C. Osborn, and Jeff J. Doyle

The Reticulate History of Medicago (Fabaceae)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 466-482; doi:10.1080/10635150802172168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. L. Schardl, K. D. Craven, S. Speakman, A. Stromberg, A. Lindstrom, and R. Yoshida

A Novel Test for Host-Symbiont Codivergence Indicates Ancient Origin of Fungal Endophytes in Grasses
Syst Biol 2008 57: 483-498; doi:10.1080/10635150802172184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Points of View

Mark S. Springer, Robert W. Meredith, Eduardo Eizirik, Emma Teeling, and William J. Murphy

Morphology and Placental Mammal Phylogeny
Syst Biol 2008 57: 499-503; doi:10.1080/10635150802164504 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John C. Avise and Terence J. Robinson

Hemiplasy: A New Term in the Lexicon of Phylogenetics
Syst Biol 2008 57: 503-507; doi:10.1080/10635150802164587 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benoît Dayrat, Philip D. Cantino, Julia A. Clarke, and Kevin de Queiroz

Species Names in the PhyloCode: The Approach Adopted by the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature
Syst Biol 2008 57: 507-514; doi:10.1080/10635150802172176 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

Glenn-Peter Sætre

Speciation in Birds.—Trevor Price. 2007. Roberts & Company Publishers, Greenwood Village, Colorado. 470 pp. ISBN 0-9747077-8-3 (ISBN-13 978-0-9747077-8-5). $US59.95 $35 (paperback)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 515-516; doi:10.1080/10635150802164611 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeff Ollerton

Ecology and Evolution of Flowers.—Lawrence D. Harder and Spencer C.H. Barrett (editors). 2007. Oxford University Press, New York. 392 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19-857085-1 (hardback, 2006) $150 $75. ISBN: 978-0-19-857086-8 (paperback) $75 $39.95
Syst Biol 2008 57: 516-517; doi:10.1080/10635150802208798 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Erratum
Syst Biol 2008 57: 518; doi:10.1080/10635150802241211 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements

Announcements
Syst Biol 2008 57: A4; doi:10.1080/10635150802258348 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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