Publications

* denotes equal first authors

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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 in press.
PartitionFinder program, Datasets used in the manuscript
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Mutation rate is linked to diversification in birds
Lanfear R, Ho SYW, Love D, and Bromham L (2010) PNAS 107(47):20423–20428.
Alignments
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Ancestral Notch-mediated Segmentation Revealed in the Cockroach P. americana
Pueyo JI*, Lanfear R*, Couso JP (2008) PNAS 105(43):16614–16619
Appendices, Commentary
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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
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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

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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 In press.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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




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