Many animals display complex colour patterns that comprise several adjacent, often contrasting colour patches. Combining patches of complementary colours increases the overall conspicuousness of the c
Influence of outgroup coding on Ancestral State Reconstructions of the habitat stratum of the root node of ants, with MCMC posterior probabilities provided as support values (performed using the Bayes
Three supplementary data files for: Sarah Sander Lower, J. Spencer Johnston, Kathrin Stanger-Hall, Carl E. Hjelmen, Shawn J. Hanrahan, Katharine Korunes, David Hall; Genome size in North American
Regression analyses were conducted on both raw values and phylogenetic independent contrasts. Homologous canine positions and analogous most posterior tooth positions were tested. *Statistically signi
Tits (Aves: Paridae), a passerine bird group, are originated in the Sino-Himalayan region, and widely distribute in Eurasia, tropical Africa, and North America. A highly disproportionate number of tit
