Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MARIPOSAS (Macroevolutionary Rates by Integrating Phylogenomics and Ancestral character States - A study on Neotropical butterfly evolution.)

What is the problem/issue being addressed?We are facing an undeniable global biodiversity crisis. Understanding the impact of environmental disturbances is important but equally so is the understanding of mechanisms that form and maintain current species diversity. The...