Michael E Alfaro

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Bayes or bootstrap? A simulation study comparing the performance of Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling and bootstrapping in assessing phylogenetic confidence
    Michael E Alfaro
    Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 20:255-66. 2003
  2. ncbi Evolutionary dynamics of complex biomechanical systems: an example using the four-bar mechanism
    Michael E Alfaro
    Section of Evolution and Ecology, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
    Evolution 58:495-503. 2004
  3. ncbi Evolutionary consequences of many-to-one mapping of jaw morphology to mechanics in labrid fishes
    Michael E Alfaro
    Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
    Am Nat 165:E140-54. 2005
  4. ncbi Comparative performance of Bayesian and AIC-based measures of phylogenetic model uncertainty
    Michael E Alfaro
    School of Biological Sciences, P O Box 644236, Pullman, Washington 99164 4236, USA
    Syst Biol 55:89-96. 2006
  5. ncbi Do reefs drive diversification in marine teleosts? Evidence from the pufferfishes and their allies (Order Tetraodontiformes)
    Michael E Alfaro
    School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
    Evolution 61:2104-26. 2007
  6. ncbi Fitting models of continuous trait evolution to incompletely sampled comparative data using approximate Bayesian computation
    Graham J Slater
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1606, USA
    Evolution 66:752-62. 2012
  7. ncbi Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes?
    Michael E Alfaro
    University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1606, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 9:255. 2009
  8. ncbi Bayesian phylogenetic model selection using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo
    John P Huelsenbeck
    Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 21:1123-33. 2004
  9. ncbi Systemic iridovirus from threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus represents a new megalocytivirus species (family Iridoviridae)
    Thomas B Waltzek
    Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Dis Aquat Organ 98:41-56. 2012
  10. ncbi Integrated diversification of locomotion and feeding in labrid fishes
    David C Collar
    Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Biol Lett 4:84-6. 2008

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Bayes or bootstrap? A simulation study comparing the performance of Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling and bootstrapping in assessing phylogenetic confidence
    Michael E Alfaro
    Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 20:255-66. 2003
    ..BMCMC-PP provided high support values for correct topological bipartitions with fewer characters than was needed for nonparametric bootstrap...
  2. ncbi Evolutionary dynamics of complex biomechanical systems: an example using the four-bar mechanism
    Michael E Alfaro
    Section of Evolution and Ecology, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
    Evolution 58:495-503. 2004
    ..We suggest that partial decoupling of morphology and mechanics due to redundancy is a major factor in morphological diversification...
  3. ncbi Evolutionary consequences of many-to-one mapping of jaw morphology to mechanics in labrid fishes
    Michael E Alfaro
    Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
    Am Nat 165:E140-54. 2005
    ..Many-to-one mapping may be an important factor in generating the uneven patterns of diversity in physiological traits...
  4. ncbi Comparative performance of Bayesian and AIC-based measures of phylogenetic model uncertainty
    Michael E Alfaro
    School of Biological Sciences, P O Box 644236, Pullman, Washington 99164 4236, USA
    Syst Biol 55:89-96. 2006
    ..AIC; Akaike weights; Bayesian phylogenetics; model averaging; model selection; model uncertainty; posterior probability; reversible jump.]...
  5. ncbi Do reefs drive diversification in marine teleosts? Evidence from the pufferfishes and their allies (Order Tetraodontiformes)
    Michael E Alfaro
    School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
    Evolution 61:2104-26. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Fitting models of continuous trait evolution to incompletely sampled comparative data using approximate Bayesian computation
    Graham J Slater
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1606, USA
    Evolution 66:752-62. 2012
    ..ABC approaches can provide a useful alternative set of tools for future macroevolutionary studies where likelihood-dependent approaches are lacking...
  7. ncbi Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes?
    Michael E Alfaro
    University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1606, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 9:255. 2009
    ....
  8. ncbi Bayesian phylogenetic model selection using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo
    John P Huelsenbeck
    Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, USA
    Mol Biol Evol 21:1123-33. 2004
    ....
  9. ncbi Systemic iridovirus from threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus represents a new megalocytivirus species (family Iridoviridae)
    Thomas B Waltzek
    Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Dis Aquat Organ 98:41-56. 2012
    ....
  10. ncbi Integrated diversification of locomotion and feeding in labrid fishes
    David C Collar
    Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Biol Lett 4:84-6. 2008
    ..These results indicate that the labrid radiation involved a strong connection between locomotion and feeding abilities...
  11. ncbi Clade age and species richness are decoupled across the eukaryotic tree of life
    Daniel L Rabosky
    Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
    PLoS Biol 10:e1001381. 2012
    ..These results imply that a fundamentally different interpretative paradigm may be needed in the study of phylogenetic diversity patterns in many groups of organisms...
  12. ncbi Adaptive evolution of facial colour patterns in Neotropical primates
    Sharlene E Santana
    UCLA Center for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 279:2204-11. 2012
    ..Our results demonstrate the interaction of behavioural and ecological factors in shaping one of the most outstanding facial diversities of any mammalian lineage...
  13. ncbi Elongation of the body in eels
    Rita S Mehta
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 100 Schaffer Road, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
    Integr Comp Biol 50:1091-105. 2010
    ..Lastly, we point out that a diverse range of derived behaviors such as head- and tail-first burrowing, rotational feeding, and knotting around prey are only found in long cylindrical vertebrates...
  14. ncbi Phylogenetic relationships in the family Alloherpesviridae
    Thomas B Waltzek
    Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
    Dis Aquat Organ 84:179-94. 2009
    ..A comparison of virus and host phylogenies suggested that closely related HVs in this family may have coevolved with their hosts, whereas significant codiversification was not apparent for the more distantly related viruses...
  15. ncbi Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates
    Michael E Alfaro
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:13410-4. 2009
    ....
  16. ncbi Biologically inspired phylogenetic models strongly outperform the no common mechanism model
    John P Huelsenbeck
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 3140, USA
    Syst Biol 60:225-32. 2011
    ..With the realistic NCM in the background, then, most parsimonious trees have greatest power to explain available observations. -Farris (2008)...
  17. ncbi Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae
    Mark W Westneat
    Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605 2496, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 36:370-90. 2005
    ..Functional novelties in the feeding apparatus have allowed labrid fishes to occupy nearly every feeding guild in reef environments, and trophic variation is a central axis of diversification in this family...
  18. ncbi Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull function in reef fishes of the family Labridae
    Mark W Westneat
    Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 272:993-1000. 2005
    ..Divergence of close relatives, convergence among higher clades and several unusual 'breakthroughs' in skull function characterize the evolution of functional complexity in one of the most diverse groups of reef fishes...
  19. ncbi Phylogeny, evolutionary history, and biogeography of Oriental-Australian rear-fanged water snakes (Colubroidea: Homalopsidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences
    Michael E Alfaro
    School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 46:576-93. 2008
    ..We discuss several Miocene and Pliocene paleogeographic factors that might underlie observed patterns of temporal diversification and biogeography...
  20. ncbi Phylogenetic concordance analysis shows an emerging pathogen is novel and endemic
    Andrew Storfer
    School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4236, USA
    Ecol Lett 10:1075-83. 2007
    ..Thus, our analysis of intraspecific phylogenetic concordance revealed that human introduction of viruses is the mechanism underlying tree non-concordance and possibly disease emergence via artificial selection...
  21. ncbi Relationships of the temperate Australasian labrid fish tribe Odacini (Perciformes; Teleostei)
    Kendall D Clements
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 32:575-87. 2004
    ..Either herbivory evolved twice in the odacines, or herbivory evolved once with two reversions to carnivory. The latter hypothesis appears more likely in the light of odacine feeding biology...
  22. ncbi Sweeping and striking: a kinematic study of the trunk during prey capture in three thamnophiine snakes
    Michael E Alfaro
    Committee on Evolutionary Biology, 1025 E 57th Street, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    J Exp Biol 206:2381-92. 2003
    ..elegans, although N. rhombifer typically had a short strike distance. N. rhombifer struck significantly faster than T. elegans. Aquatic prey capture diversity appears to reflect ecological diversity in thamnophiine snakes...