Systematic Biology

Bayesian Estimation of Ancestral Character States on Phylogenies
pp. 673-684(12)
Authors: Pagel, Mark; Meade, Andrew; Barker, Daniel

Column Sorting: Rapid Calculation of the Phylogenetic Likelihood Function
pp. 685-692(8)
Authors: Kosakovsky Pond, Sergei; Muse, Spencer

Multiple Data Sets, High Homoplasy, and the Phylogeny of Softshell Turtles (Testudines: Trionychidae)
pp. 693-710(18)
Authors: Engstrom, Tag; Shaffer, H.; McCord, William

The Origin and Radiation of Macaronesian Beetles Breeding in Euphorbia: The Relative Importance of Multiple Data Partitions and Population Sampling
pp. 711-734(24)
Authors: Jordal, Bjarte; Hewitt, Godfrey

Molecular Phylogenetics of Squamata: The Position of Snakes, Amphisbaenians, and Dibamids, and the Root of the Squamate Tree
pp. 735-757(23)
Authors: Townsend, Ted; Larson, Allan; Louis, Edward; Macey, J.

Explosive Radiations and the Reliability of Molecular Clocks: Island Endemic Radiations as a Test Case
pp. 758-766(9)
Authors: Bromham, Lindell; Woolfit, Megan

Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of the Southern South American Freshwater “Crabs” Aegla (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae) Using Multiple Heuristic Tree Search Approaches
pp. 767-780(14)
Authors: Pérez-Losada, Marcos; Bond-Buckup, Georgina; Jara, Carlos; Crandall, Keith

Testing Nested Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Hypotheses in the Plethodon vandykei Species Group
pp. 781-792(12)
Authors: Carstens, Bryan; Stevenson, Angela; Degenhardt, Jeremiah; Sullivan, Jack

Model Selection and Model Averaging in Phylogenetics: Advantages of Akaike Information Criterion and Bayesian Approaches Over Likelihood Ratio Tests
pp. 793-808(16)
Authors: Posada, David; Buckley, Thomas

Effects of Tree Shape on the Accuracy of Maximum Likelihood–Based Ancestor Reconstructions
pp. 809-814(6)
Author: Mooers, Arne

The Phylogenetic Definition of Reptilia
pp. 815-821(7)
Authors: Modesto, Sean; Anderson, Jason

Metacanthomorpha: Essay on a Phylogeny-Oriented Database for Morphology—The Acanthomorph (Teleostei) Example
pp. 822-834(13)
Authors: Dettai, Agnes; Bailly, Nicolas; Vignes-Lebbe, Régine; Lecointre, Guillaume

Book Review
pp. 835-838(4)

Announcements
pp. 839-840(2)