WARD C. WHEELER

Topology-Bayes versus Clade-Bayes in Phylogenetic Analysis (2008)

Wheeler, Ward C., Pickett, Kurt M.

Several features of currently used Bayesian methods in phylogenetic analysis are discussed. The distinction between Clade-Bayes and Topology-Bayes is presented and illustrated with an empirical...

Linking of Digital Images to Phylogenetic Data Matrices Using a Morphological Ontology (2007)

Ramírez, Martín J., Coddington, Jonathan A., Maddison, Wayne P., Midford, Peter E., Prendini, Lorenzo, Miller, Jeremy, ...

Images are paramount in documentation of morphological data. Production and reproduction costs have traditionally limited how many illustrations taxonomy could afford to publish, and much comparative...

Venom Evolution Widespread in Fishes: A Phylogenetic Road Map for the Bioprospecting of Piscine Venoms (2006)

Smith, William Leo, Wheeler, Ward C.

Knowledge of evolutionary relationships or phylogeny allows for effective predictions about the unstudied characteristics of species. These include the presence and biological activity of an...

Venom Evolution Widespread in Fishes: A Phylogenetic Road Map for the Bioprospecting of Piscine Venoms (2006)

Smith, William Leo, Wheeler, Ward C.

Knowledge of evolutionary relationships or phylogeny allows for effective predictions about the unstudied characteristics of species. These include the presence and biological activity of an...

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FROG FAMILY HYLIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYLINAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND TAXONOMIC REVISION (2005)

JULIÁN FAIVOVICH, DARREL R. FROST, JONATHAN A. CAMPBELL, WARD C. WHEELER

Hylidae is a large family of American, Australopapuan, and temperate Eurasian treefrogs of approximately 870 known species, divided among four subfamilies. Although some groups of Hylidae have been...

MISSING ENTRY REPLACEMENT DATA ANALYSIS: A REPLACEMENT APPROACH TO DEALING WITH MISSING DATA IN PALEONTOLOGICAL AND TOTAL EVIDENCE DATA SETS (2003)

MARK A. NORELL, WARD C. WHEELER

Almost all phylogenetic studies utilizing fossils are faced with the problem of missing data. With the development of methods allowing total evidence phylogenies where fossils are combined with...

Some Unusual Small-Subunit Ribosomal RNA Sequences of Metazoans (2001)

GONZALO GIRIBET, WARD C. WHEELER

The SSU rRNA gene is one of the most widely utilized loci for phylogenetic inference among eukaryotic organisms. Although they have an average length of 1800 to 1900 bp, several unusually large 18S...

Triploblastic Relationships with Emphasis on the Acoelomates and the Position of Gnathostomulida, Cycliophora, Plathelminthes, and Chaetognatha: A Combined Approach of 18S rDNA Sequences and Morphology (2000)

Giribet, Gonzalo, Distel, Daniel L., Polz, Martin, Sterrer, Wolfgang, Wheeler, Ward C.

Triploblastic relationships were examined in the light of molecular and morphological evidence. Representatives for all triploblastic “phyla” (except Loricifera) were represented by both sources...

Sistemática y filogenia de artrópodos: estado de la cuestión con énfasis en análisis de datos moleculares (1999)

Giribet, Gonzalo, Edgecombe, Gregory D., Wheeler, Ward C.

Se revisan distintas hipótesis sobre la relación entre los grandes grupos artrópodos basadas en datos morfológicos y moleculares, así como los análisis publicados sobre datos moleculares de...

Sistemática y filogenia de artrópodos: estado de la cuestión con énfasis en análisis de datos moleculares (1999)

Giribet, Gonzalo, Edgecombe, Gregory D., Wheeler, Ward C.

Se revisan distintas hipótesis sobre la relación entre los grandes grupos artrópodos basadas en datos morfológicos y moleculares, así como los análisis publicados sobre datos moleculares de...

The Strepsiptera Problem: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insect Orders Inferred from 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology (1997)

Whiting, Michael F., Carpenter, James C., Wheeler, Quentin D., Wheeler, Ward C.

Phylogenetic relationships among the holometabolous insect orders were inferred from cladistic analysis of nucleotide sequences of 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) (85 exemplars) and 28S rDNA (52 exemplars)...

Sequence Alignment, Parameter Sensitivity, and the Phylogenetic Analysis of Molecular Data (1995)

Wheeler, Ward C.

The dependence of the results of molecular phylogenetic sequence analysis (both alignment and cladogram construction) on variation in analytical parameters is examined. Phylogenetic analyses of...