Sketch, capture and layout phylogenies

"We present new algorithms for visualizing rooted phylogenetic networks as either combining or transfer networks, in both cladogram and phylogram style. In addition, we introduce a layout algorithm that aims to improve clarity by minimizing the total stretch of reticulate edges."

https://github.com/husonlab/phylosketch2

@dantheclamman Naked (kind-of) shell-less clams with an agile foot read like a proto-cephalopod. Are they close at all to the phylogenetic branch that took off with squids, octopus and cuttlefish, or is "cephalopodness" a trait that can re-evolve from an ancestral clam base?
#evolution #phylogeny #cephalopods

Tetrapods are models for #biodiversity science. @mariormoura @walterjetz &co present #TetrapodTraits, a database of 33,281 #tetrapod species, integrating #taxonomic, spatial, #phylogenetic & attribute data through #phylogeny-based imputation #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3WhkNm5

Always stunning to see advances in #science.
Key figures in a paper about history of signing alphabets from five years ago vs the two figures from a paper just published in flagship journal Science in which "Computational #phylogenetics reveal histories of sign languages"
Guess, which one is which
#Linguistics #Phylogeny
(1/2)

We posted this cool preprint between Xmas and new year, now time for a thread about the results: Begum et al "Phylogenetic modeling provides evidence for sudden shifts in expression after small-scale duplication in vertebrates and strong support for the ortholog conjecture"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.29.571877v1
#paralog #ortholog #GeneDuplication #GenomeDuplication #MolecularEvolution #phylogeny #ohnolog

A new perspective on the taxonomy and systematics of Arvicolinae (Gray, 1821) including #voles, #lemmings, and #muskrats and a new time-calibrated phylogeny for the clade:
https://peerj.com/articles/16693/ via @PeerJ #Evolution #paleobiology #phylogeny #Taxonomy

A new preprint from the lab on the distribution of ancient whole-genome duplications across the angiosperm phylogeny. Great work led by PhD student Michael McKibben! We used a variety of methods and different species trees to infer and place WGDs across the phylogeny. Overall, similar results to our past work, but species tree had a large impact on WGD inferences. Check it out here:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.04.574202v1

Phylogeny of Marsupials

https://youtu.be/TGzsR-HwcpA

#biology #evolution #evolutionaryBiology #mammals #marsupials #phylogeny

New EcolClip:
Do you want to know the difference between taxonomy and phylogeny or just want to refresh your memory? In this short facts clip we explain the difference using the family of kangaroos as an example.
Here the full clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oZFJfDrnKk

Putting the F into FBD analysis: tree constraints or morphological data? https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12679 #paleobiology #paleontology #EvolutionaryBiology #fossils #fossil #birth #death #simulation #bayesian #phylogeny #inference

Today we publish a new paper on a molecular #phylogeny of true #crabs. We find crabs transitioned from marine to non-marine environments 7-17x over 100+ myr! This culminates 15+ years(!) of effort from an international team! 1/4
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syad066/7370615

Calling all Ephedra fans!
Yu et al. find that #diploid species #phylogeny and #evolutionary reticulation indicate early radiation of #Ephedra in the Tethys coast...but where did they originate? Read on!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13573
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantSci #medicine