Featured Publications
Optimal Rates for Phylogenetic Inference and Experimental Design in the Era of Genome-Scale Data Sets
Dornburg A, Su Z, Townsend JP. Optimal Rates for Phylogenetic Inference and Experimental Design in the Era of Genome-Scale Data Sets. Systematic Biology 2018, 68: 145-156. PMID: 29939341, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic experimental designOptimal rateExperimental design decisionsGenome-scale data setsTheoretical conditionsSite rate heterogeneityData setsComprehensive theoryAccurate predictionTheoryInferenceExperimental designPhylogenetic problemsOptimalityExistence of charactersPredictionRate heterogeneitySetPhylogenetic inferenceData scrutiny
2012
Phylogenetic Signal and Noise: Predicting the Power of a Data Set to Resolve Phylogeny
Townsend JP, Su Z, Tekle YI. Phylogenetic Signal and Noise: Predicting the Power of a Data Set to Resolve Phylogeny. Systematic Biology 2012, 61: 835-849. PMID: 22389443, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic signalPhylogenetic noisePhylogenetic treeAdditional sequence dataRate of evolutionPhylogenetic researchPhylogenetic experimental designSequence dataImpact of collectionInternodesPower of resolutionFundamental unitTreesPhylogeneticsPhylogenyPolytomyGenesLociPotential signalsSignalsExample data setsData sets
2011
Taxon Sampling and the Optimal Rates of Evolution for Phylogenetic Inference
Townsend JP, Leuenberger C. Taxon Sampling and the Optimal Rates of Evolution for Phylogenetic Inference. Systematic Biology 2011, 60: 358-365. PMID: 21303824, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq097.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Eukaryotic microbes, species recognition and the geographic limits of species: examples from the kingdom Fungi
Taylor JW, Turner E, Townsend JP, Dettman JR, Jacobson D. Eukaryotic microbes, species recognition and the geographic limits of species: examples from the kingdom Fungi. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2006, 361: 1947-1963. PMID: 17062413, PMCID: PMC1764934, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1923.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsGlobal geographic rangeGeographic rangeSpecies recognitionFungal speciesGenetic isolationEukaryotic microbesSmall organismsNon-exclusive reasonsPhylogenetic species recognitionEndemic speciesRecognizable morphological changesEukaryotic speciesMorphological changesPhylogenetic speciesGeographic limitsReproductive isolationMorphological speciesKingdom FungiMorphological charactersMicrobial organismsGenetic changesSpeciesMorphological differencesOrganismsFungi