• Random Sampling of Constrained Phylogenies: Conducting Phylogenetic Analyses When the Phylogeny Is Partially Known – Elizabeth A. Housworth and Emilia P. Martins.
  
  
• Comparing Ontogenetic Trajectories Using Growth Process Data – Paul M. Magwene.
  
  
• Inferring and Testing Hypotheses of Cladistic Character Dependence by Using Character Compatibility – F. Robin O’Keefe and Peter J. Wagner.
  
  
• mtDNA Ribosomal Gene Phylogeny of Sea Hares in the Genus Aplysia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Anaspidea): Implications for Comparative Neurobiology – Monica Medina, Timothy M. Collins, and Patrick J. Walsh.
  
  • Medina et al. dataset
  • Medina et al. alignment
    
    
• Character Analysis in Morphological Phylogenetics: Problems and Solutions – John J. Wiens.
  
  • Wiens dataset
    
    
• Repeated Evolution of Dioecy from Monoecy in Siparunaceae (Laurales) – Susanne S. Renner and Hyosig Won.
  
  • Renner & Won dataset
    
    
• Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Phylogenetic Trees Is Consistent When Substitution Rates Vary According to the Invariable Sites Plus Gamma Distribution – James S. Rogers.
  

POINTS OF VIEW

• Strengths and Limitation of the Minimum Evolution Principle – Olivier Gascuel, David Bryant, and François Denis.
  
  
• Should We Use Model-Based Methods for Phylogenetic Inference When We Know That Assumptions About Among-Site Rate Variation and Nucleotide Substitution Pattern Are Violated? Jack Sullivan and David Swofford.
  
  
• Bilaterian Phylogeny and Uncritical Recycling of Morphological Data Sets – Ronald A. Jenner.
  
  
• Imporving Interpretation of the Decay Index for DNA Sequence Data – Ronald W. DeBry.