Rates and Rocks: Strengths and Weaknesses of Molecular Dating Methods
Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 I present here an in-depth, although non-exhaustive, review of two topics in molecular dating. Clock models, which describe the evolution of the rate of evolution, are considered first.
Stéphane Guindon
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Phylogeny, time divergence, and historical biogeography of the South American Liolaemus alticolor-bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The genus Liolaemus comprises more than 260 species and can be divided in two subgenera: Eulaemus and Liolaemus sensu stricto. In this paper, we present a phylogenetic analysis, divergence times, and ancestral distribution ranges of the Liolaemus ...
Sabrina N. Portelli +1 more
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Total evidence: Molecules, morphology, and the phylogenetics of cichlid fishes [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Zoology, 2000 We present a most comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the family Cichlidae. New data analyzed include mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequences and two nuclear loci (Tmo-M27 and Tmo-4C4) for a large taxonomic sampling with emphasis on South American species. We also incorporate a published morphological data set for a total evidence analysis.
Farias, Izeni P. +2 more
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Evidence-based informed consent form for total knee arthroplasty
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023 Introduction Informed consent documentation is often the first area of interest for lawyers and insurers when a medico-legal malpractice suit is concerned. However, there is a lack of uniformity and standard procedure about obtaining informed consent for
Satvik N. Pai +5 more
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Including autapomorphies is important for paleontological tip-dating with clocklike data, but not with non-clock data [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Tip-dating, where fossils are included as dated terminal taxa in Bayesian dating inference, is an increasingly popular method. Data for these studies often come from morphological character matrices originally developed for non-dated, and usually ...
Nicholas J. Matzke, Randall B. Irmis
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Total-Evidence Framework Reveals Complex Morphological Evolution in Nightbirds (Strisores)
Diversity, 2019 Strisores is a clade of neoavian birds that include diurnal aerial specialists such as swifts and hummingbirds, as well as several predominantly nocturnal lineages such as nightjars and potoos.
Albert Chen +4 more
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Digital transformation and total factor productivity: Empirical evidence from China.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Digital transformation plays a crucial role in improving the quality development of companies in this era of digital economy with ever-changing technologies.
Zhonghao Lei, Dongmei Wang
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Hypothetico-deductivism in systematics: fact or fiction?
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2008 Phylogenetic systematics (the cladistic analysis of phylogenetic relationships) is not hypotheticodeductively structured (in the sense of a covering law model of scientific explanation).
Olivier Rieppel
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Does ESG performance promote total factor productivity? Evidence from China
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Currently, environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) has become an all-pervasive term in the industrial sector, owing to its significant impact on corporate decision-making.
Jiangming Ma, Di Gao, Jing Sun
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Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2016 Scientific evidence in all sciences, inclusive of the brain and neurosciences as well as in assessing health systems’ performance is rapidly evolving in the 21st century.
Eliot Sorel
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