The shape of modern tree reconstruction methods.

THERESE A. HOLTON1,2, MARK WILKINSON3, AND DAVIDE PISANI4,∗ 1Department of Biology, The National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland; 2UCD Complex and Adaptive Systems Laboratory/UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science/School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland; 3Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK; and 4School of Earth Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK ∗Correspondence to be sent to: School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG; E-mail: davide.pisani@bristol.ac.uk

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