David L. Swofford

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(34), Genetic diversity and population structure(31), Evolution and Paleontology Studies(18), Plant Diversity and Evolution(6), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(5)

Publications76 total

LvD: A New Algorithm for Computing the Likelihood of a Phylogeny
ArXiv.org·2026Open Access
LvD: A New Algorithm for Computing the Likelihood of a Phylogeny
arXiv (Cornell University)·2026Open Access
Inference of Phylogenetic Networks From Sequence Data Using Composite Likelihood
Systematic Biology·2024· 29 cited
Species Tree Estimation Using Site Pattern Frequencies
Princeton University Press eBooks·2023· 2 cited
CHAPTER 4 Species Tree Estimation Using Site Pattern Frequencies
Princeton University Press eBooks·2023· 1 cited
Inference of Phylogenetic Networks from Sequence Data using Composite Likelihood
2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Estimation of speciation times under the multispecies coalescent
Bioinformatics·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Estimation of Speciation Times Under the Multispecies Coalescent
2019· 4 citedOpen Access
BEAGLE 3: Improved Performance, Scaling, and Usability for a High-Performance Computing Library for Statistical Phylogenetics
Systematic Biology·2019· 277 citedOpen Access
Contemporaneous radiations of fungi and plants linked to symbiosis
Nature Communications·2018· 300 citedOpen Access
Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2017· 168 citedOpen Access
PhyloOncology: Understanding cancer through phylogenetic analysis
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer·2016· 38 citedOpen Access
Geogenetic patterns in mouse lemurs (genus <i>Microcebus</i> ) reveal the ghosts of Madagascar's forests past
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2016· 99 citedOpen Access
Natural Hybridization between Genera That Diverged from Each Other Approximately 60 Million Years Ago
The American Naturalist·2015· 97 cited
Phycas: Software for Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis
Systematic Biology·2015· 45 cited
Variable tree topology stepping-stone marginal likelihood estimation
2014· 7 cited
BEAGLE: An Application Programming Interface and High-Performance Computing Library for Statistical Phylogenetics
Systematic Biology·2011· 752 citedOpen Access
Comparative analysis of the primate X-inactivation center region and reconstruction of the ancestral primate <i>XIST</i> locus
Genome Research·2011· 19 citedOpen Access
The mega-matrix tree of life: using genome-scale horizontal gene transfer and sequence evolution data as information about the vertical history of life
Cladistics·2010· 13 citedOpen Access
The Akaike Information Criterion Will Not Choose the No Common Mechanism Model
Systematic Biology·2010· 26 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

John P. Huelsenbeck(9), Paul O. Lewis(7), Jack Sullivan(6), Peter J. Waddell(5), Mark T. Holder(4), David R. Maddison(4), James S. Rogers(4), Cliff Cunningham(3), Wayne P. Maddison(3), Stewart H. Berlocher(3), Lawrence M. Page(3), James C. Wilgenbusch(2), James J. Bull(2), Daniel L. Ayres(2), Aaron E. Darling(2), Michael P. Cummings(2), Andrew Rambaut(2), Marc A. Suchard(2), Peter G. Foster(2), Bret Larget(2)