Phylogenetic Systematics
One of my primary interests is elucidating the phylogenetic relationships of species using a combined morphological and molecular approach. This page is dedicated to providing the community with previously published data sets and upcoming ones to be used for future studies. It's not quite complete but I hope to have all data sets available soon. Click on the names to download pdfs of the papers.
| Reference | Data sets in nexus format |
| Schulte II, J. A., J. P. Valladares, A. Larson. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships within Iguanidae using molecular and morphological data and a phylogenetic taxonomy of iguanian lizards. Herpetologica 59:399-419. |
Iguanidae03Herpetol.nex |
| Schulte II, J. A., J. Melville, A. Larson. 2003. Molecular phylogenetic evidence for ancient divergence of lizard taxa on either side of Wallace’s Line. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B: Biological Sciences 270:597-603. | AustralAgamid03PRSB.nex Varanus03PRSB.nex |
| Schulte II, J. A., J. R. Macey, R. Pethiyagoda, A. Larson. 2002. Rostral horn evolution among agamid lizards of the genus Ceratophora endemic to Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22:111-117. |
Cerataphora02MPE.nex |
| Melville J., J. A. Schulte II, Allan Larson. 2001. A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Ecological Diversification in the Australian Lizard Genus Ctenophorus. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 291:339-353. | Ctenophorus01JEZ.nex |
| Schulte II, J. A., J. R. Macey, R. Espinoza, A. Larson. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: Multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69:75-102. | Liolaemus00BJLS.nex |
| Macey, J. R., J. A. Schulte II, A. Larson, N. B. Ananjeva, Y. Wang, R. Pethiyagoda, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, T. J. Papenfuss. 2000. Evaluating Trans-Tethys migration: An example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 49(2):233-256. | Acrodont00SysBiol.nex |
| Macey, J. R., J. A. Schulte II, A. Larson, B. S. Tuniyev, N. Orlov, T. J. Papenfuss. 1999. Moleuclar phylogenetics, tRNA evolution, and historical biogeography in anguid lizards and related taxonomic families. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12:250-272. | Anguids99MPE.nex |
| Schulte II, J. A., J. R. Macey, A. Larson, T. J. Papenfuss. 1998. Molecular tests of phylogenetic taxonomies: A general procedure and example using four subfamilies of the lizard family Iguanidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10:367-376. | Iguanidae98MPE.nex |
| Macey, J. R., J. A. Schulte II, N. B. Ananjeva, A. Larson, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, S. M. Shammakov, T. J. Papenfuss. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among agamid lizards of the Laudakia caucasia species group: Testing hypotheses of biogeographic fragmentation and an area cladogram for the Iranian Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10:118-131. | Laudakia98MPE.nex |