David Williams

New perspectives in phylogenetic support assessment: using the new Relative Contradiction Index to investigate the phylogenetic controversies in Crocodylia url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...

A survey around the historic Flemish town of Damme revealed a new species of Fragilariforma. Light and scanning electron microscopy revealed the presence of so-called internal valves within the frustules, previously unknown in this genus.

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Fragilariforma meireana, a new araphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) producing internal valves from Flanders During a biodiversity survey around the historic Flemish town of Damme, a large Fragilariforma taxon was observed in a small pond that could not be identified using the currently available literature....

Fragilariforma meireana, a new araphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) producing internal valves from Flanders phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...

The tree of life The Proto-Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. For about 100 million years, it marked time, dutifully circling round the sun, waiting for

Telford, an evolutionary biologist at University College London, has both. He also, crucially, has the humility and the confidence to say, when appropriate: “I’ve no idea at all”.

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The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...

Coming soon: The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Edited By David M. Williams, Quentin D. Wheeler.

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What is Fragilaria koensabbei and does it matter what it is called? (Meta)barcoding and the science of taxonomy Commentary is provided on the use of barcoding and metabarcoding in diatom studies and its broader relevance to the principles of taxonomy. The claims that taxonomy, however it is performed, is time-....

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It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.

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Alfred Russel Wallace's Unrealized Last Book: Insights from the Plan for Darwin and Wallace | Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science In honour of the two hundredth birthday of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) we present a transcription and analysis of the plan for Wallace's unrealized final book. Recently come to light,...

Alfred Russel Wallace's Unrealized Last Book: Insights from the Plan for Darwin and Wallace (2023) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity The positive side of the extinction crisis

Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity
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