Simon Y. W. Ho

The paper analyzes molecular and morphological evolution rates across eukaryotes and finds little correlation between them, suggesting distinct evolutionary drivers at genomic and phenotypic levels.

This study examines evolutionary rates in living-fossil lineages and finds reduced morphological but not molecular rates, suggesting morphological conservatism is a key feature.

This study uses phylogenetic analysis and molecular species delimitation to refine species boundaries in the Lepidozia ulothrix clade, revealing new subspecies and uncovering overlooked diversity.

The paper estimates the koala mutation rate and uses it to reconstruct population history, revealing a decline before human arrival and genetic splits.

This study investigates how Pleistocene sea-level changes influenced the genetic structure of cockroaches across Lord Howe Island, finding evidence of past land bridges and genetic isolation.

Whole-genome sequencing of 127 adult Dirofilaria immitis from four continents reveals continental population structure predating dog domestication, an Asian source for Australian worms, and recent Europe-Central America spread.

This study examines molecular and morphological evolution across 40 clades, finding little support for punctuated equilibria but high among-lineage rate variation in both evolution types.

This study estimates the origin of passerine birds in the Eocene using Bayesian tip-dating with fossil data, narrowing the gap between molecular and paleontological estimates.

This study uses combined morphological and molecular data to estimate the evolutionary timescale of mantis shrimps and analyze their evolutionary rates.

This study decomposes evolutionary rates in birds to identify drivers of genomic change, finding clutch size, generation length, and beak shape predict mutation rates, with rapid evolution linked to meiosis, heart function, and ecological diversification.

This study uses genetic analysis of ancient seal samples to show that southern elephant seals recolonized the Southern Ocean from multiple glacial refugia during postglacial periods.

This study uses phylogenetic analysis to show that Plio-Pleistocene aridification drove speciation and niche shifts in Australian Panesthia cockroaches.

The paper examines the evolutionary rates of nuclear and organellar genomes in land plants and finds they are positively linked, except in parasitic angiosperms.

This study compares termite and cockroach genomes to find relaxed selection in termites, linked to reduced population size and caste-related adaptations.

ClockstaRX tests molecular clock hypotheses by analyzing phylogenomic data to identify rate variation patterns and influential loci.

The paper examines genome erosion in Blattabacterium symbionts of soil-burrowing cockroaches, finding repeated gene inactivation linked to host transitions to an underground lifestyle.

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of the liverwort family Lepidoziaceae, finding a circum-Antarctic link between Micropterygioideae and other lineages during the early Cretaceous.

This paper introduces BETS, a Bayesian method to evaluate temporal signal in sequence data, showing it accurately classifies datasets with or without temporal signal across various empirical examples.

This study finds that proportionally linking branch lengths across loci provides the best fit for phylogenetic inference compared to other models.