Search Results - "Arias, J. Salvador"

Weighted parsimony outperforms other methods of phylogenetic inference under models appropriate for morphology by Goloboff, Pablo A., Torres, Ambrosio, Arias, J. Salvador

“…One of the lasting controversies in phylogenetic inference is the degree to which specific evolutionary models should influence the choice of methods…”
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Likelihood approximations of implied weights parsimony can be selected over the Mk model by the Akaike information criterion by Goloboff, Pablo A., Arias, J. Salvador

“…A likelihood method that approximates the behaviour of implied weighting is described. This approach provides a likelihood perspective on several aspects of…”
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An event model for phylogenetic biogeography using explicitly geographical ranges by Arias, J. Salvador

“…Aim To develop and implement a method for phylogenetic biogeography that is both event based and geographically explicit, that is, that uses the geographical…”
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Historical biogeography of the Neotropical noctilionoid bats (Chiroptera: Noctilionoidea), revisited through a geographically explicit analysis by Amador, Lucila I., Arias, J. Salvador, Giannini, Norberto P.

“…Biogeographic studies have generally relied on methods that use a few, large predefined areas, which may overlook fine‐scale patterns. Here we test previous…”
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Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders by Daza, Juan D, Stanley, Edward L, Bolet, Arnau, Bauer, Aaron M, Arias, J Salvador, Čerňanský, Andrej, Bevitt, Joseph J, Wagner, Philipp, Evans, Susan E

“…Albanerpetontids are tiny, enigmatic fossil amphibians with a distinctive suite of characteristics, including scales and specialized jaw and neck joints. Here…”
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Parsimony and model‐based phylogenetic methods for morphological data: comments on O'Reilly et al by Goloboff, Pablo A., Torres Galvis, Ambrosio, Arias, J. Salvador, Smith, Andrew

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A new Early Cretaceous lizard in Myanmar amber with exceptionally preserved integument by Čerňanský, Andrej, Stanley, Edward L., Daza, Juan D., Bolet, Arnau, Arias, J. Salvador, Bauer, Aaron M., Vidal-García, Marta, Bevitt, Joseph J., Peretti, Adolf M., Aung, Nyi Nyi, Evans, Susan E.

“…We here report on a well-preserved juvenile lizard specimen in Albian amber (ca. 110 mya) from the Hkamti site (Myanmar). This new taxon is represented by an…”
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Compound osteoderms preserved in amber reveal the oldest known skink by Daza, Juan D., Stanley, Edward L., Heinicke, Matthew P., Leah, Chuck, Doucet, Daniel S., Fenner, Kelsey L., Arias, J. Salvador, Smith, Ru D. A., Peretti, Adolf M., Aung, Nyi Nyi, Bauer, Aaron M.

“…Scincidae is one of the most species-rich and cosmopolitan clades of squamate reptiles. Abundant disarticulated fossil material has also been attributed to…”
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Phylogenetic analysis of 73 060 taxa corroborates major eukaryotic groups by Goloboff, Pablo A, Catalano, Santiago A, Marcos Mirande, J, Szumik, Claudia A, Salvador Arias, J, Källersjö, Mari, Farris, James S

“…Obtaining a well supported schema of phylogenetic relationships among the major groups of living organisms requires considering as much taxonomic diversity as…”
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Phylogenetic biogeography inference using dynamic paleogeography models and explicit geographic ranges by Arias, J Salvador

“…To model distribution ranges, the most popular methods of phylogenetic biogeography divide Earth into a handful of predefined areas. Other methods use explicit…”
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Proximity, Interpenetration, and Sympatry Networks: A Reply to Dos Santos et al by Casagranda, M. Dolores, Arias, J. Salvador, Goloboff, Pablo A., Szumik, Claudia A., Taher, Leila M., Escalante, Tania, Morrone, Juan J.

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Weighting against homoplasy improves phylogenetic analysis of morphological data sets by Goloboff, Pablo A, Carpenter, James M, Arias, J. Salvador, Esquivel, Daniel Rafael Miranda

“…The problem of character weighting in cladistic analysis is revisited. The finding that, in large molecular data sets, removal of third positions (with more…”
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Unusual morphology in the mid-Cretaceous lizard Oculudentavis by Bolet, Arnau, Stanley, Edward L., Daza, Juan D., Arias, J. Salvador, Čerňanský, Andrej, Vidal-García, Marta, Bauer, Aaron M., Bevitt, Joseph J., Peretti, Adolf, Evans, Susan E.

“…Oculudentavis khaungraae was described based on a tiny skull trapped in amber. The slender tapering rostrum with retracted narial openings, large eyes, and…”
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Spatial analysis of vicariance: a method for using direct geographical information in historical biogeography by Arias, J. Salvador, Szumik, Claudia A, Goloboff, Pablo A

“…Based on Hovenkamp’s ideas on historical biogeography, we present a method for analysis of taxon history, spatial analysis of vicariance, which uses observed…”
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Profile Parsimony (PP): an analysis under Implied Weights (IW) by Arias, J. Salvador, Miranda-Esquivel, Daniel Rafael

“…Faith and Trueman [Syst. Biol. (2001) 331] recently proposed “Profile Parsimony” (PP) as a new form of phylogenetic analysis, but it is equivalent to the…”
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Phylogeographic analysis of the chloroplast DNA variation in wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Americas by Chacón S., M. I, Pickersgill, B, Debouck, D. G, Arias, J. Salvador

“…The wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is widely but discontinuously distributed from northern Mexico to northern Argentina on both sides of the Isthmus of…”
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Cladistic Analysis of Iguania and a Fossil Lizard from the Late Pliocene of Northwestern Argentina by Daza, Juan D, Abdala, Virginia, Arias, J. Salvador, García-López, Daniel, Ortiz, Pablo

“…A fragmentary fossil lizard from Uquía Formation (Late Pliocene), Jujuy Province, Argentina, is described. The material consists of disarticulated cranial…”
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What is PACT really by Arias, J. Salvador, Garzón-Orduña, Ivonne J, López-Osorio, Federico, Parada-Vargas, Erika, Miranda-Esquivel, Daniel Rafael

“…"Phylogenetic Analysis for Comparing Trees" (PACT) has been presented as a "new algorithm" for the study of biogeography and coevolution. However, an…”
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