Aim: Floristic blocks and areas of endemism resulting from a parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) using raw floristic data versus data generated from distributional modelling for 130 species in the genus Senecio Tourn. ...

In recent years, several publications in computer science journals have proposed new heuristic methods for parsimony analysis. This contribution discusses those papers, including methods highly praised by their authors, ...

We discuss here the use of TNT (Tree Analysis using New Technology) for phylogenomic analysis. For such data, parsimony is a useful alternative to model-based analyses, which frequently utilize models that make unrealistic ...

This paper examines the implementation of parsimony methods in the programs PAUP*, MEGA and MPBoot, and compares them with TNT. PAUP* implements standard, well-tested algorithms, and flexible search strategies and options ...

We discuss here the use of TNT (Tree Analysis using New Technology) for phylogenomic analysis. For such data, parsimony is a useful alternative to model-based analyses, which frequently utilize models that make unrealistic ...

This paper examines the implementation of parsimony methods in the programs PAUP*, MEGA and MPBoot, and compares them with TNT. PAUP* implements standard, well-tested algorithms, and flexible search strategies and options ...

Cuckoos are widely distributed, but are concentrated in the tropics, where they occupy a wide range of habitats. Both terrestrial and arboreal behaviors can be found in this group, but there is no consensus on as to whether ...

Cuckoos are widely distributed, but are concentrated in the tropics, where they occupy a wide range of habitats. Both terrestrial and arboreal behaviors can be found in this group, but there is no consensus on as to whether ...

New algorithms for calculating the most parsimonious state sets for polytomies under Fitch parsimony are described. Because they are based on state set operations, these algorithms can be extended for optimization of several ...

Endemic taxa are those restricted to a specific area, and could be defined as the exclusive biodiversity of a region. An area of endemism contains taxa found nowhere else and could be catalogued as irreplaceable and of ...