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The foundation of terrestrial life: Inferring a total-evidence timeline of vascular plant evolution

Submission Number: 22
Submission ID: 39
Submission UUID: cd466e1b-3dca-4ec6-a912-2ca5b4ec267b
Submission URI: /form/project

Created: Tue, 09/03/2019 - 13:43
Completed: Tue, 09/03/2019 - 13:45
Changed: Wed, 07/15/2020 - 13:01

Remote IP address: 130.215.55.243
Submitted by: Michael Sundue
Language: English

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The foundation of terrestrial life: Inferring a total-evidence timeline of vascular plant evolution
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Michael Sundue
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Project Information

Vascular plants form the foundation of Earth's terrestrial ecosystems; understanding the timing and pattern of their origin and diversification thus underpins macroevolutionary study of all of terrestrial life. This project employs "total-evidence dating" (TED) methodologies for the simultaneous inference of the phylogenetic relationships of extant and extinct vascular plants, their divergence times, and their patterns of morphological evolution. We combine genomic data with morphological trait data from extant and extinct fossilized plants to generate a comprehensive view of land plant evolution over millions of years. Analyses are conducted using RevBayes which allows for the modular assembly of probabilistic models that use Markov chain Monte Carlo to perform inference. Our goal with the NECyberteam is to facilitate the transition from laptop to HPC in order to decrease run-times, increase efficiency, and further develop our tools, codes, and workflow on the VACC