2014
On the distribution of interspecies correlation for Markov models of character evolution on Yule trees
Mulder WH, Crawford FW. On the distribution of interspecies correlation for Markov models of character evolution on Yule trees. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 2014, 364: 275-283. PMID: 25240905, PMCID: PMC4256168, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic treeYule treeProbability distributionPhylogenetic information contentContinuous-time modelPhylogenetic inference methodsOrnstein-Uhlenbeck modelCharacter evolutionPhylogenetic studiesNumber of mutationsTrait patternsRelated organismsStochastic modelNew speciesSimple continuous-time modelBrownian motionYule processEvolutionary processesPhenotypic changesMutation modelInference methodsSite patternsOptimal designSpeciationMutations
2013
Diversity, Disparity, and Evolutionary Rate Estimation for Unresolved Yule Trees
Crawford FW, Suchard MA. Diversity, Disparity, and Evolutionary Rate Estimation for Unresolved Yule Trees. Systematic Biology 2013, 62: 439-455. PMID: 23417679, PMCID: PMC3622899, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiological EvolutionBody SizeCarnivoraGenetic SpeciationLikelihood FunctionsMarkov ChainsModels, GeneticPhylogenyConceptsPhylogenetic treePhylogenetic diversityTrait disparityEvolutionary relationshipsYule treeMammalian order CarnivoraPhenotypic trait valuesComparative evolutionary studiesEvolutionary rate estimationSet of taxaOrganism of interestTrait evolutionPhenotypic evolutionEvolutionary biologistsInferred phylogenyEvolutionary studiesUnresolved cladeTrait valuesMacroevolutionary studiesTrait dataRelated organismsOrder CarnivoraCladeBrownian motionBranch lengths
2012
Unifying the spatial epidemiology and molecular evolution of emerging epidemics
Pybus OG, Suchard MA, Lemey P, Bernardin FJ, Rambaut A, Crawford FW, Gray RR, Arinaminpathy N, Stramer SL, Busch MP, Delwart EL. Unifying the spatial epidemiology and molecular evolution of emerging epidemics. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 15066-15071. PMID: 22927414, PMCID: PMC3443149, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206598109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRobust nonparametric statisticsPathogen genome sequencesBasic reproductive numberMolecular evolutionWest Nile virusNatural populationsPhylogenetic historySpatial variablesLong-range movementsGenome sequenceSpatial invasionSpatial ecologyGenetic dataNile virusReproductive numberDispersalNonparametric statisticsSpatial epidemiologySpatial dynamicsNorth AmericaPrevious modelsSpatial parametersPhylogeneticsSpatial autocorrelationEcology
2011
Transition probabilities for general birth–death processes with applications in ecology, genetics, and evolution
Crawford FW, Suchard MA. Transition probabilities for general birth–death processes with applications in ecology, genetics, and evolution. Journal Of Mathematical Biology 2011, 65: 553-580. PMID: 21984359, PMCID: PMC3310285, DOI: 10.1007/s00285-011-0471-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research