Computational Phylogenetics

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Computational Phylogenetics

The research activities of our group cover a variety of topics that all center around theoretical and applied aspects of phylogenetics.

We are particularly interested in a wide range of questions that include

  1. to build very large phylogenetic trees
  2. to estimate the mode and tempo of species evolution
  3. to study ecological niche evolution and adaptation
  4. to develop evolutionary models of phenotypic and molecular character evolution
Our research group has a strong emphasis on computational and mathematical approaches, mixed with field sampling and molecular sequencing. This provides an interesting inter-disciplinary environment strengthen by strong international collaborations.
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amphiprion_percula
aristida_purpurea
aster_alpinum
barn_owl
codonanthe
elegia_mucrona
eriogonum_heracleoides
eriogonum_pauciflorum
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prot1
restio
We work on diverse groups of plants including grasses, eriogonoids, restios and other angiosperms.We do, however, also use animals depending on the biological question investigated.


All members are jointly part of the Department of Ecology and Evolution of the University of Lausanne and of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

Please visit the pages of the different members to have a better view of our research.


University of Lausanne                                                      Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
 

Selected publications

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Litsiso G., Salamin N., 2012. Effects of Phylogenetic Signal on Ancestral State Reconstruction. Systematic Biology. In press. [DOI]
Christin P.-A., Besnard G., Edwards E.J., Salamin N. 2012. Effect of genetic convergence on phylogenetic inference. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(3), 921-927. [DOI]
Pio D.V., Broennimann O., Barraclough T.G., Reeves G., Rebelo A.G., Thuiller W., Guisan A., Salamin N., 2011. Spatial predictions of phylogenetic diversity in conservation decision making. Conservation Biology 25(6), 1229-1239. [DOI]
Salamin N, Wüest RO, Lavergne S, Thuiller W, Pearman PB, 2010. Assessing rapid evolution in a changing environment. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25(12), 692-698. [DOI]
Edwards E.J., Osborne C.P., Strömberg C.A., Smith S.A., Bond W.J., Christin P.A., Cousins A.B., Duvall M.R., Fox D.L., Freckleton R.P., Ghannoum O., Hartwell J., Huang Y., Janis C.M., Keeley J.E., Kellogg E.A., Knapp A.K., Leakey A.D., Nelson D.M., Saarela J.M., Sage R.F., Sala O.E., Salamin N., Still C.J., Tipple B., 2010. The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science. Science 328(5978), 587-591. [DOI] [Pubmed]
Roulin A., Salamin N., 2010. Insularity and the evolution of melanism, sexual dichromatism and body size in the worldwide-distributed barn owl. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23(5), 925-934. [DOI] [Pubmed]
Christin P.A., Besnard G., Samaritani E., Duvall M.R., Hodkinson T.R., Savolainen V., Salamin N., 2008. Oligocene CO2 decline promoted C4 photosynthesis in grasses. Current Biology 18(1), 37-43. [DOI] [Pubmed]
Strauss S.Y., Webb C.O., Salamin N., 04-2006. Exotic taxa less related to native species are more invasive. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103(15), 5841-5845. [DOI] [Pubmed]
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Lab News

paper accepted
Fri Dec 14, 2012
Lexer et al. ‘Next generation’ biogeography: towards understanding the drivers of species diversification and persistence. J. Biogeo.
phylo lab
Hélène Morlon
Wed Nov 28, 2012 @12:15 - 01:15PM
Hélène Morlon will give a seminar at the DEE. The title is "Recent developments in phylogenetic approaches to diversification: incorporating ecological and paleoenvironnemental data".
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