Communications Biology (May 2022)

Molecular phylogenies map to biogeography better than morphological ones

  • Jack W. Oyston,
  • Mark Wilkinson,
  • Marcello Ruta,
  • Matthew A. Wills

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03482-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Using biogeographical and phylogenetic data, it is shown that molecular trees fit species geographical data better than trees inferred from morphology, and that these differences are not simply due to better tree resolution.