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Get checked abstract Junhyong Kim and Michael J. Sanderson

Penalized Likelihood Phylogenetic Inference: Bridging the Parsimony-Likelihood Gap
Syst Biol 2008 57: 665-674; doi:10.1080/10635150802422274 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guy Baele, Yves Van de Peer, and Stijn Vansteelandt

A Model-Based Approach to Study Nearest-Neighbor Influences Reveals Complex Substitution Patterns in Non-coding Sequences
Syst Biol 2008 57: 675-692; doi:10.1080/10635150802422324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John R. Clark, Richard H. Ree, Michael E. Alfaro, Matthew G. King, Warren L. Wagner, and Eric H. Roalson

A Comparative Study in Ancestral Range Reconstruction Methods: Retracing the Uncertain Histories of Insular Lineages
Syst Biol 2008 57: 693-707; doi:10.1080/10635150802426473 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert Lanfear and Lindell Bromham

Statistical Tests between Competing Hypotheses of Hox Cluster Evolution
Syst Biol 2008 57: 708-718; doi:10.1080/10635150802430079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robb T. Brumfield, Liang Liu, David E. Lum, and Scott V. Edwards

Comparison of Species Tree Methods for Reconstructing the Phylogeny of Bearded Manakins (Aves: Pipridae, Manacus) from Multilocus Sequence Data
Syst Biol 2008 57: 719-731; doi:10.1080/10635150802422290 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Díaz-Pérez, Miguel Sequeira, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, and Pilar Catalán

Multiple Colonizations, In Situ Speciation, and Volcanism-Associated Stepping-Stone Dispersals Shaped the Phylogeography of the Macaronesian Red Fescues (Festuca L., Gramineae)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 732-749; doi:10.1080/10635150802302450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kasper Munch, Wouter Boomsma, John P. Huelsenbeck, Eske Willerslev, and Rasmus Nielsen

Statistical Assignment of DNA Sequences Using Bayesian Phylogenetics
Syst Biol 2008 57: 750-757; doi:10.1080/10635150802422316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexandros Stamatakis, Paul Hoover, and Jacques Rougemont

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers
Syst Biol 2008 57: 758-771; doi:10.1080/10635150802429642 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Christopher J. Lee, and Marc A. Suchard

Wagner and Dollo: A Stochastic Duet by Composing Two Parsimonious Solos
Syst Biol 2008 57: 772-784; doi:10.1080/10635150802434394 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tom M. W. Nye

Trees of Trees: An Approach to Comparing Multiple Alternative Phylogenies
Syst Biol 2008 57: 785-794; doi:10.1080/10635150802424072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Susanne S. Renner, Guido W. Grimm, Gerald M. Schneeweiss, Tod F. Stuessy, and Robert E. Ricklefs

Rooting and Dating Maples (Acer) with an Uncorrelated-Rates Molecular Clock: Implications for North American/Asian Disjunctions
Syst Biol 2008 57: 795-808; doi:10.1080/10635150802422282 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Points of View

Rudolf Meier, Guanyang Zhang, and Farhan Ali

The Use of Mean Instead of Smallest Interspecific Distances Exaggerates the Size of the "Barcoding Gap" and Leads to Misidentification
Syst Biol 2008 57: 809-813; doi:10.1080/10635150802406343 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark T. Holder, Jeet Sukumaran, and Paul O. Lewis

A Justification for Reporting the Majority-Rule Consensus Tree in Bayesian Phylogenetics
Syst Biol 2008 57: 814-821; doi:10.1080/10635150802422308 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

David A. Morrison

The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology.—Edited by David L. Hull and Michael Ruse. 2007. Cambridge University Press, New York. xxvii + 513 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-85128-2. US$90 £50 (hardback). ISBN 978-0-521-61671-3. US$34.99 £19.99 (paperback)
Syst Biol 2008 57: 822-823; doi:10.1080/10635150802426499 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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