Wheeler and Varón (2025) proposed phylogenetic minimum description length (PMDL) as a phylogenetic optimality criterion grounded in algorithmic (Kolmogorov) complexity. PMDL applies the minimum descr...

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Using a new character matrix composed of revised matrices of previous analyses and new morphological findings, the phylogeny of Malacostraca (Pancrustacea) is analysed anew with 207 characters for 35...

We describe a protocol for estimating evolutionary rates from phylogenetic trees based on parsimony character optimization. The rate estimation is conducted through a TNT script and the results are a...

The treatment of inapplicable characters has proved especially vexing to systematists. Investigators have wrestled with alternative coding scenarios to capture both the presence and absence of a feat....