L. Lacey Knowles

SPART, a versatile and standardized data exchange format for species partition information

The paper introduces SPART, a standardized format for exchanging species partition information, to improve interoperability among species delimitation tools.

When species trees disagree: an approach consistent with the coalescent that quantifies phylogenomic support for contentious relationships

The paper evaluates EPSY, concatenation, and coalescent-based methods under high ILS, finding EPSY more accurate in resolving contentious phylogenetic relationships.

Museum epigenomics: characterizing cytosine methylation in historic museum specimens

This study characterizes cytosine methylation in historic museum specimens, finding reduced global methylation in older specimens and greater interindividual variation in data yield.

Rapid adaptation with gene flow via a reservoir of chromosomal inversion variation?

The paper investigates how standing chromosomal inversion variation compares to new mutations in promoting adaptive divergence during secondary contact, finding that maladaptive gene flow can reduce the importance of standing inversion variation.

Machine Learning Biogeographic Processes from Biotic Patterns: A New Trait-Dependent Dispersal and Diversification Model with Model-Choice By Simulation-Trained Discriminant Analysis

The paper introduces a new trait-dependent dispersal and diversification model and applies it to study taxon cycles in Wallacean avifauna using simulation-trained discriminant analysis.