J. C. Uyeda

Social context and the evolution of delayed reproduction in birds

The paper tests the hypothesis that social contexts drive delayed reproduction in birds by analyzing AFR across 963 species using phylogenetic methods.

A Timeline of Bacterial and Archaeal Diversification in the Ocean

This study reconstructs the timeline of bacterial and archaeal diversification in the ocean, showing major clades diversified over 2.2 billion years with key events linked to oxygen and nutrient changes.

Using developmental rules to align microevolutionwith macroevolution

The paper uses evo-devo models to analyze primate molar evolution, showing that biologically-informed morphospaces bridge micro- and macroevolution better than uninformed ones.

Jointly Modeling Species Niche and Phylogenetic Models in a Bayesian Hierarchical Framework

This paper introduces a Bayesian hierarchical model that integrates phylogenetic relationships with environmental niche modeling to improve predictions of species distributions and niche parameters.

Rethinking phylogenetic comparative methods

This paper critiques traditional phylogenetic comparative methods and proposes a new framework to address issues with unreplicated evolutionary events in comparative biology.