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Simon Y. W. Ho

Researcher at University of Sydney

Publications -  248
Citations -  31983

Simon Y. W. Ho is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Phylogenetic tree. The author has an hindex of 75, co-authored 239 publications receiving 28110 citations. Previous affiliations of Simon Y. W. Ho include Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Relaxed Phylogenetics and Dating with Confidence

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce a new approach to perform relaxed phylogenetic analysis, which can be used to estimate phylogenies and divergence times in the face of uncertainty in evolutionary rates and calibration times.
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PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

TL;DR: Two new objective methods for the combined selection of best-fit partitioning schemes and nucleotide substitution models are described and implemented in an open-source program, PartitionFinder, which it is hoped will encourage the objective selection of partitions and thus lead to improvements in phylogenetic analyses.
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Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

Erich D. Jarvis, +116 more
- 12 Dec 2014 - 
TL;DR: A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves recovered a highly resolved tree that confirms previously controversial sister or close relationships and identifies the first divergence in Neoaves, two groups the authors named Passerea and Columbea.
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Time Dependency of Molecular Rate Estimates and Systematic Overestimation of Recent Divergence Times

TL;DR: Using Bayesian analysis with a relaxed-clock model, the authors estimated rates for three groups of mitochondrial data: avian protein coding genes, primate protein-coding genes, and primate d-loop sequences.
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Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in Phylogenetic Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence Times

TL;DR: The estimation of phylogenetic divergence times from sequence data is an important component of many molecular evolutionary studies, and a variety of local- and relaxed-clock methods have been proposed and implemented.