Table of Contents

1. What this book is about, Paul H. Harvey and Sean Nee2. New phylogenies: an introductory look at the coalescent, Rosalind M. Harding3. Genealogies and geography, N.H. Barton and I. Wilson4. The coalescent process and background selection, R.R. Hudson and N.L. Kaplan5. Inferring population history from molecular phylogenies, Sean Nee, Eddie C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut, and Paul H. Harvey6. Applications of intraspecific phylogenetics, Keith A. Crandall and Alan R. Templeton7. Inferring phylogenies from DNA sequence data: the effects of sampling, Sarah P. Otto, Michael P. Cummings, and John Wakeley8. Uses for evolutionary trees, Walter M. Fitch9. Cross-species transmission and recombination of 'AIDS' viruses, Paul M. Sharp, David L. Robertson, and Beatrice H. Hahn10. Using interspecies phylogenies to test macroevolutionary hypotheses, Andy Purvis11. Using phylogenetic trees to reconstruct the history of infectious disease epidemics, Eddie C. Holmes, Paul Bollyky, Sean Nee, Andrew Rambaut, Geoff P. Garnett, and Paul H. Harvey12. Relating geographic patterns to phylogenetic processes, A. Malhotra, R.S. Thorpe, H. Black, J.C. Daltry, and W. Wuster13. Uses of molecular phylogenies for conservation, Craig Moritz14. Testing the time axis of phylogenies, M.J. Benton15. Comparative evolution of larval and adult life-history stages and small subunit ribosomal RNA amongst post-Palaeozoic echinoids, A.B. Smith, D.T.J. Littlewood, and G.A. Wray16. Molecular phylogenies and host-parasite cospeciation: gophers and lice as a model system, Roderic D.M. Page and Mark S. Hafner17. A microevolutionary link, between phylogenies and comparative data, Emilia P. Martins and Thomas F. Hansen18. Comparative test of evolutionary lability and rats using molecular phylogenies, John L. Gittleman, C. Gregory Anderson, Mark Kot, and Hang-Kwang Luh19. Community evolution in Greater Antilean anolis lizards: phylogenetic patterns and experimental tests, Jonathan B. Losos20. The evolution of body plans: HOM/Hox cluster evolution, model systems, and the importance of phylogeny, Axel Meyer