J. Beaulieu

Noise leads to the perceived increase in evolutionary rates over short time scales

The paper shows that apparent increases in evolutionary rates over short time scales are statistical artifacts caused by time-independent errors in data.

Near-perfect precise on-target editing of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

This study achieves near-perfect on-target gene editing in human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells with high efficiency and minimal off-target effects.

Long-term responses of life-history strategies to climatic variability in flowering plants

This study examines how climatic variability influences life-history strategies in flowering plants, finding that temperature, especially maximum temperature of the warmest month, is the key factor, and that perennials evolve climatic niches faster than annuals.

Generalized Hidden Markov Models for Phylogenetic Comparative Datasets

The paper generalizes hidden Markov models for phylogenetic comparative datasets, showing improved ancestral state reconstruction and demonstrating their application to flower character evolution.

A spatially-explicit model of stabilizing selection for improving phylogenetic inference

This paper introduces SelON, a spatially-explicit model of stabilizing selection for phylogenetic inference, showing improved model fit and supporting turtles as sister to lepidosaurs.

Population Genetics Based Phylogenetics Under Stabilizing Selection for an Optimal Amino Acid Sequence: A Nested Modeling Approach

The paper introduces SelAC, a phylogenetic model that improves tree inference by incorporating stabilizing selection and protein synthesis rates, showing better fit than existing models on yeast data.

Hidden state models improve the adequacy of state-dependent diversification approaches using empirical trees, including biogeographical models

This paper introduces GeoHiSSE, an extension of hidden Markov models to geographic state-dependent speciation and extinction models, showing improved detection of diversification shifts.

Insights into global planktonic diatom diversity:Comparisons between phylogenetically meaningful unitsthat account for time

The paper shows that genus-level analyses of diatom diversity are confounded by varying speciation/extinction rates and phylogenetic nesting, emphasizing the need for phylogenetic approaches.