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Alfredo L. Porfírio‐Sousa

Texas Tech UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7490-158XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary Biology· 2 Genomics· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Alexander K. TiceiD· 3 shared Robert E. JonesiD· 3 shared Daniel J. G. LahriD· 2 shared Matthew W. BrowniD· 2 shared Bruce D. S. TayloriD· 1 shared Carl Seaquist· 1 shared Elias TayloriD· 1 shared Ferry J. SiemensmaiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 22, 2026

Integrative morphology and phylogenetics of Arcellidae (Amoebozoa:Arcellinida), with redescription of Arcella leidyana and Arcella artocrea and description of Galeripora purdoni sp. nov.

Bruce D. S. Taylor, Alfredo L. Porfírio‐Sousa, Robert E. Jones…·Alexander K. Tice

The paper integrates morphology and phylogenetics to redescribe and classify Arcellidae species, revealing hidden diversity and a new species.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.19.745684

statistical modelphylogenetics / evolution

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 20, 2025

Pyrumthecina Infraorder Nov.: Revisiting the morphological diversity and identifying the phylogenetic home of Argynnia within Arcellinida (Tubulinea:Amoebozoa)

Alfredo L. Porfírio‐Sousa, Maria Beatriz Gomes e Souza, Robert E. Jones…·Alexander K. Tice

This study resolves the phylogenetic placement of Argynnia by analyzing genomic data and proposes a new infraorder and family to accommodate it within Arcellinida.

DOI 10.1101/2025.08.20.671167

DNA methylationstatistical model

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintAug 19, 2025

CSI-SSU: Phylogenetic contamination screening of genomic datasets, demonstrated on the Protist 10,000 Genomes (P10K) database

Alfredo L. Porfírio‐Sousa, Robert E. Jones, Matthew W. Brown…·Alexander K. Tice

CSI-SSU screens genomic datasets for contamination and taxonomic accuracy using phylogenetic methods, demonstrating its utility on the P10K database.

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whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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