T. Guillerme

Evolutionary dynamics of pigmentary grey and non- iridescent structural blue colouration in Tanagers (family: Thraupidae)

The paper investigates evolutionary transitions between pigmentary grey and non-iridescent structural blue in tanagers, identifying a new pathway through a transitional 'slate' color.

Calculating functional diversity metrics using neighbor-joining trees

The paper introduces using neighbor-joining trees to quantify functional diversity, combining strengths of existing methods while avoiding their weaknesses.

Innovation and elaboration on the avian tree of life

The paper examines megaevolutionary patterns in bird beak diversity, finding that elaboration is common across scales while innovation drives major phenotypic changes through gradual processes.

Endochondral bone in an Early Devonian 'placoderm' from Mongolia

The paper describes the discovery of endochondral bone in an Early Devonian placoderm-like fish, challenging previous assumptions about the evolution of bone in jawed vertebrates.

Australian rodents reveal conserved Cranial Evolutionary Allometry across 10 million years of murid evolution

The paper analyzes cranial allometry in Australian rodents over 10 million years, finding conserved allometric patterns despite ecological diversity, with some exceptions in specialized diets.

Shifting spaces: which disparity or dissimilarity metrics best summarise occupancy in multidimensional spaces?

The paper evaluates disparity and dissimilarity metrics for quantifying trait-space occupancy and introduces a tool to help select appropriate metrics based on data and research questions.

Individual variation of the masticatory system dominates 3D skull shape in the herbivory-adapted marsupial wombats

This study shows that individual variation in the masticatory system dominates 3D skull shape in wombats, challenging the idea that allometry primarily drives shape variation in marsupials.

Morphological phylogenetic analysis with inapplicable data

The paper introduces an algorithm for ancestral states reconstruction in morphological phylogenetic datasets with inapplicable data, showing it identifies different optimal trees compared to traditional methods.