The Phyletica Lab is broadly interested in understanding how and why there are so many species on our planet. To approach this question, we explore patterns of variation within and among populations of organisms to infer evolutionary history and test models of diversification. This entails developing phylogenetic models, implementing them as computational methods, and ultimately applying these methods to molecular data collected from natural populations. The focus of our empirical work is reptiles and amphibians, however, we also work with systems ranging from viruses to plants.
On this site, you can find more information about our ongoing research, teaching, and software development, as well as read our blog where we post along the way. Thanks for visiting.
Recent Posts
Phyleticians in Providence for Evolution 2019
We enjoyed the Evolution Meetings in Providence, RI
Preprint: Insights from a general, full-likelihood Bayesian approach to inferring shared evolutionary events from genomic data
Preprint demonstrating the difficulty of estimating simultaneous demographic changes
An evolutionary perspective on the association between forest fragmentation and pathogen spillover
[we] propose an evolutionary mechanism for this pattern that we think can complement ecological perspectives on this problem.
Updated bioRxiv preprint: Full Bayesian comparative phylogeography from genomic data
An update to our BioRxiv preprint about the new full-likelihood Bayesian comparative phylogeographic method
Visiting Carsten's Lab at OSU
Enjoying a visit to Columbus, Ohio.