Publications

* denotes equal first authors

Taller plants have lower rates of molecular evolution: Lanfear R, Ho SYW, Davies TJ, Moles AT, Aarssen L, Swenson NG, Warman L, Zanne A, Allen AP (2013) Nature Communications in press

The evolution of queen pheromones in the ant genus Lasius: Holman L, Lanfear R, d’Ettorre P (2013) Journal of Evolutionary Biology in press

The yield of essential oils in Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae) is regulated through transcript abundance of genes in the MEP pathway: Webb H, Lanfear R, Foley W, Kulheim C (2013) PLoS ONE 8(3):e60631

PartitionFinder: combined selection of partitioning schemes and substitution models for phylogenetic analyses: Lanfear R, Calcott B, Ho SYW, Guindon S (2012) Molecular Biology and Evolution 29(6):1695–1701; PartitionFinder program, Datasets used in the manuscript

Inferring population connectivity across the range of the purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus) from mitochondrial DNA and morphology: implications for conservation management: Skroblin A, Lanfear R, Cockburn A, Legge S (2012) Australian Journal of Zoology 60(3):199–209

Reconstructing past species assemblages reveals the changing patterns and drivers of extinction through time: Bromham L, Lanfear R, Cassey P, Gibb G, Cardillo M (2012) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279:4024–4032

Estimating phylogenies for species assemblages: a complete phylogeny for the past and present native birds of New Zealand: Lanfear R and Bromham L (2011) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(3):958–963; GeneFinder script

Diversification and the rate of molecular evolution: no evidence of a link in mammals.: Goldie X, Lanfear R, and Bromham L (2011) BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:286

Time-dependent rates of molecular evolution: Ho SYW, Lanfear R, Bromham L, Phillips MJ, Soubrier J, Rodrigo A, Cooper A (2011) Molecular Ecology 20(15):3087–3101

Molecular evolution and diversification: counting species is better than counting nodes when the phylogeny is unknown: Lanfear R, Bromham L, Ho SYW (2011) PNAS 108(17):E85–E86.

Bayesian estimation of substitution rates from ancient DNA sequences with low information content: Ho SYW, Lanfear R, Phillips MJ, Barnes I, Thomas JA, Kolokotronis S-O, and Shapiro B (2011) Systematic Biology 60(3):366–375

Watching the clock: studying variation in rates of molecular evolution between species.: Lanfear R, Welch JJ, and Bromham L (2010) Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25(9):495–503

Mutation rate is linked to diversification in birds: Lanfear R, Ho SYW, Love D, and Bromham L (2010) PNAS 107(47):20423–20428.; Alignments

The local-clock permutation test: A simple test to compare rates of molecular evolution on phylogenetic trees.: Lanfear R (2010) Evolution 65(2):606–611.; Python script, Data Dryad

Rapid Evolution of a Novel Signalling Mechanism by Concerted Duplication and Divergence of a BMP Ligand and its Extracellular Modulators: Fritsch C, Lanfear R, and Ray R (2010) Development Genes and Evolution 220(9-10):235–250.

Improved characterisation of among-lineage rate variation in cetacean mitogenomes using codon-partitioned relaxed clocks.: Ho SYW and Lanfear R (2010) Mitochondrial DNA 21(3–4):138–146; Site Sampler, HyPhy File

A generation time effect on the rate of molecular evolution in invertebrates.: Thomas JA*, Welch JJ*, Lanfear R, and Bromham L (2010) Molecular Biology and Evolution 27(5):1173-1180

Are the Deuterostome Posterior Hox genes a Fast-Evolving Class?: Lanfear R (2010) In: Deutsch, J. Hox Genes’ Studies from the 20th to the 21st Century. London: Landes Bioscience.

The mitochondrial genome structure of Xenoturbella bocki is ancestral within the deuterostomes: Bourlat SJ, Rota-Stabelli O, Lanfear R, and Telford MJ (2009) BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:107

Ancestral Notch-mediated Segmentation Revealed in the Cockroach P. americana: Pueyo JI*, Lanfear R*, Couso JP (2008) PNAS 105(43):16614–16619; Appendices, Commentary

Statistical Tests Between Competing Hypotheses of Hox Cluster Evolution.: Lanfear R and Bromham L (2008) Sytstematic Biology 57(5):708–718; Appendices, Python Script, F1000

Metabolic rate does not calibrate the molecular clock.: Lanfear R, Thomas JA, Welch JJ, Brey T, Bromham L (2007) PNAS 104(39):15388–15393.; Appendix1, Appendix2, F1000

Commentaries

Mito-communications: (i) Calibrating mitochondrial rates in marine invertebrates; (ii) Untangling the evolutionary processes that shape plant mitochondrial genomes; Ho SYW and Lanfear R (2012) Mitochondrial DNA 23(4):321–322

Mito-communications: (i) Mitochondrial mutation rates in the water flea Daphnia pulex; (ii) Selection against pathogenic mutations in human mitogenomes; (iii) Mother’s curse: Mitochondria cause problems for male flies; Lanfear R and Ho SYW (2012) Mitochondrial DNA 23(2):154–156

Mito-communications: (i) Adding insult to injury: Transmissible cancer captures host mitochondrial genomes; (ii) Evolutionary diversiﬁcation of birds in the Cretaceous; Lanfear R and Ho SYW (2011) Mitochondrial DNA 22(3):39–40

Mito-communications: (i) Ancient mitogenome from an unknown hominin; (ii) Population dynamics of cave bears in the Pleistocene; (iii) Mutational processes differ significantly between closely related nematodes; Ho SYW and Lanfear R (2010) Mitochondrial DNA 21(5):147–148

Mito-communications: (i) Understanding the origin of doubly uniparental inheritance in bivalves; (ii) Mitogenomic sequence from an ancient polar bear; Lanfear R and Ho SYW (2010) Mitochondrial DNA 21(3-4):138–146

Mito-communications: (i) Distinctive characteristics of postmortem damage in human mitochondrial DNA; (ii) Time-dependent molecular rates in human mitogenomes; (iii) The role of mito-nuclear interactions in F2 hybrid breakdown; Ho SYW and Lanfear R (2010) Mitochondrial DNA 21(2):33–35

Mito-communications: (i) MtZoa – a new mitochondrial protein replacement matrix for metaozan phylogenetics; (ii) Evolutionary constraints on mitochondrial DNA depend on the locomotive demands of the host; (iii) Longevity, mutation rates, and the evolution of avian mitochondrial DNA; (iv) Population mitogenomics of extinct species; (v) Tracking the demographic history of seals using mitochondrial DNA; Lanfear R and Ho SYW (2010) Mitochondrial DNA 21(1):1–4

Mito-communications: (i) Mitochondrial phylogeography of house mice; (ii) Two migration routes for the first Americans; (iii) The influence of altitude on mitochondrial evolution in mammals; (iv) Extreme organization; (v) The effective population size of mitochondrial DNA; Ho SYW and Lanfear R (2009) Mitochondrial DNA 20(4):65–68

Mito-communications: (i) Age-related selection in mitochondrial genomes; (ii) Mitochondrial evolution in tuatara; (iii) Mitochondrial genome of the thylacine; Lanfear R and Ho SYW (2009) Mitochondrial DNA 20(2-3)27–28

Faculty of 1000

I am an associate faculty member for Faculty of 1000 Biology with Max Telford. F1000 is a "post publication peer review" (their words not mine!) service. We write positive evaluations of papers which we find particularly interesting. You can see the evaluations I've written to date by clicking on the F1000 link below.

Robert Lanfear

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