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Phylogenetic congruence, conflict and consilience between molecular and morphological data
Morphology and molecules are important data sources for estimating evolutionary relationships. Modern studies often utilise morphological and...
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Morphological Diversity
Three morphs of Rubus bogotensis Kunth are recognized growing in the Andes. The “smooth” morph does not have trichomes, and the “hairy” morph bears a...
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Rediscovering the unusual, solitary bryozoan Monobryozoon ambulans Remane, 1936: first molecular and new morphological data clarify its phylogenetic position
BackgroundOne of the most peculiar groups of the mostly colonial phylum Bryozoa is the taxon Monobryozoon , whose name already implies non-colonial...
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The phylogeny of Seseli (Apiaceae, Apioideae): insights from molecular and morphological data
BackgroundThe genus Seseli L., which consists of 125–140 species distributed in the Old World from western Europe and northwestern Africa to China...
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Morphological characterization of the Polatli sheep in terms of live weight using data mining algorithms
The aim of this research is both to estimate the live weight (LW) of Polatli sheep (Ile de France × Akkaraman (G 1 )) by considering some body...
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New Morphological and Molecular Data on the Southern Ninespine Stickleback, Pungitius platygaster (Gasterosteidae) from Southern Caspian Sea Basin
AbstractBeing a group of popular model organisms in eco-evolutionary biology, genetic, and genomic research studies, the genus Pungitius with 12...
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Morphological and molecular data establishes Clinostomum dolichorchum n. sp. (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in the great blue heron Ardea herodias L. and American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Shaw
Clinostomum is a cosmopolitan genus of trematodes that infect piscivorous birds, freshwater molluscs, freshwater fish and amphibians. Herein, a novel...
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Environmental, morphological, and molecular data reveal a new species of freshwater mussel, Strophitus howellsi, endemic to the Edwards Plateau in Texas
Freshwater mussels are considered the most imperiled group of organisms in North America and systematics research has played an integral role in the...
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Molecular and morphological data reveal a new species of Sclerorhachis (Compositae, Anthemideae) and the reassessment of another species of the genus
An expanded phylogenetic reconstruction based on the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region (nrDNA ITS) in conjunction with a...
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Reciprocal natural hybridization between Lycoris aurea and Lycoris radiata (Amaryllidaceae) identified by morphological, karyotypic and chloroplast genomic data
BackgroundHybridization is considered as an important model of speciation, but the evolutionary process of natural hybridization is still poorly...
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Skull Morphological Evolution in Faunivorous Marsupials
Marsupials have a long evolutionary history of diversification in the Southern Hemisphere, where they expanded geographic distribution from America...
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Taxonomic Contributions on Macrogynoplax Enderlein and Enderleina Jewett (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Brazil, Including a New Species Supported by Molecular and Morphological Data
Stoneflies (Plecoptera) are aquatic insects widely used in ecological and monitoring studies as indicators of environmental quality due to their high...
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Tackling fungal diversity in lichen symbioses: molecular and morphological data recognize new lineages in Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota)
Lichens have been reappraised as self-sustaining and long-living ecosystems in which a multiplicity of microorganisms are housed, in addition to the...
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Complete life cycle of Parorchis trophoni sp. nov. (Digenea: Philophthalmidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic coast, Argentina, revealed by morphological and molecular data
The coastline of Argentine Patagonia in the Southwest Atlantic provides highly productive habitats for a variety of aquatic birds. Both resident...
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Trematodes from Antarctic teleost fishes off Argentine Islands, West Antarctica: molecular and morphological data
In 2014–2015 and 2019–2021, teleost fishes off Galindez Island (Antarctic Peninsula) were examined for trematodes. Combined morphological and...
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Dacrymyces flavobrunneus sp. nov. and two new combinations in Dacrymyces Nees based on morphological and phylogenetic data
The class Dacrymycetes has two orders ( Dacrymycetales and Unilacrymales ), four families, and 13 genera, few of them with available molecular data and...
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Morphological insights into the three-dimensional complexity of rhodolith beds
The ecological importance of rhodolith beds stems from their role as structurally complex three-dimensional habitat formed by free-living red...
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Potential Use of Soil Morphological Properties to Differentiate Levels of Banana Productivity
The morphological properties of the field such as texture, consistence, and structure provide a valuable tool for the study of crop productivity and...
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Position of Polyclithrum within Gyrodactylidae (Monogenoidea): incongruences between morphological and molecular phylogenies
This study aimed to enhance our understanding in monogenoid evolution by using morphological and molecular data to determine kinship relationships...
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Heterogeneous selectivity and morphological evolution of marine clades during the Permian–Triassic mass extinction
Morphological disparity and taxonomic diversity are distinct measures of biodiversity, typically expected to evolve synergistically. However,...
