2014
The impact of incorporating molecular evolutionary model into predictions of phylogenetic signal and noise
Su Z, Wang Z, López-Giráldez F, Townsend J. The impact of incorporating molecular evolutionary model into predictions of phylogenetic signal and noise. Frontiers In Ecology And Evolution 2014, 2: 11. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhylogenetic inferencePhylogenetic signalRate of evolutionMolecular evolutionary modelsAccurate phylogenetic inferenceFour-taxon treesYeast genus CandidaMolecular evolutionConsensus treeNucleotide substitutionsPrediction of signalsDistribution of signalsEvolutionary modelsModel choiceGenus CandidaUnrealistic modelsCorrect modelInferenceTreesRPB1PhylogenyCladePhylogeneticsRPB2Markov model
2008
The Phylogenetic Informativeness of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences for Reconstructing the Vertebrate Tree
Townsend JP, López-Giráldez F, Friedman R. The Phylogenetic Informativeness of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences for Reconstructing the Vertebrate Tree. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 2008, 67: 437-447. PMID: 18696029, DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9142-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino acid sequencePhylogenetic informativenessAcid sequenceVertebrate treeDNA sequencesMolecular evolutionary patternsEarly placental mammalsGenes c-mycDivergence timesMolecular evolutionPhylogenetic conflictEarly vertebratesEvolutionary patternsPlacental mammalsNucleotide sequenceMuroid rodentsFunctional constraintsGenesC-MycSupport valuesSequenceNucleotidesNumber of charactersHigh informativenessTrees