David Williams
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Diatomist at the Natural History Museum
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The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...
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Coming soon: The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Edited By David M. Williams, Quentin D. Wheeler.
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Edited By David M. Williams, Quentin D. Wheeler.
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I am happy to deal with a small number of stragglers but have to close the form at some point...
Ok, not happy per se, but in 5 years I haven't not had a straggler... 😑
Ok, not happy per se, but in 5 years I haven't not had a straggler... 😑
If you would like to attend the upcoming edition of the Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), registration will remain open until Nov 12th, 13:00 GMT+0.
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YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I am happy to deal with a small number of stragglers but have to close the form at some point...
Ok, not happy per se, but in 5 years I haven't not had a straggler... 😑
Ok, not happy per se, but in 5 years I haven't not had a straggler... 😑
New perspectives in phylogenetic support assessment: using the new Relative Contradiction Index to investigate the phylogenetic controversies in Crocodylia url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
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September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New perspectives in phylogenetic support assessment: using the new Relative Contradiction Index to investigate the phylogenetic controversies in Crocodylia url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
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A survey around the historic Flemish town of Damme revealed a new species of Fragilariforma. Light and scanning electron microscopy revealed the presence of so-called internal valves within the frustules, previously unknown in this genus.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A survey around the historic Flemish town of Damme revealed a new species of Fragilariforma. Light and scanning electron microscopy revealed the presence of so-called internal valves within the frustules, previously unknown in this genus.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
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Fragilariforma meireana, a new araphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) producing internal valves from Flanders phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Fragilariforma meireana, a new araphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) producing internal valves from Flanders
During a biodiversity survey around the historic Flemish town of Damme, a large Fragilariforma taxon was observed in a small pond that could not be identified using the currently available literature....
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June 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fragilariforma meireana, a new araphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) producing internal valves from Flanders phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Telford, an evolutionary biologist at University College London, has both. He also, crucially, has the humility and the confidence to say, when appropriate: “I’ve no idea at all”.
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The tree of life
The Proto-Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. For about 100 million years, it marked time, dutifully circling round the sun, waiting for
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June 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Telford, an evolutionary biologist at University College London, has both. He also, crucially, has the humility and the confidence to say, when appropriate: “I’ve no idea at all”.
www.the-tls.co.uk/science-tech...
www.the-tls.co.uk/science-tech...
Coming soon: The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Edited By David M. Williams, Quentin D. Wheeler.
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
Edited By David M. Williams, Quentin D. Wheeler.
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...
www.routledge.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Coming soon: The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Edited By David M. Williams, Quentin D. Wheeler.
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
Edited By David M. Williams, Quentin D. Wheeler.
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
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It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.
April 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.
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Alfred Russel Wallace's Unrealized Last Book: Insights from the Plan for Darwin and Wallace (2023) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Alfred Russel Wallace's Unrealized Last Book: Insights from the Plan for Darwin and Wallace | Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
In honour of the two hundredth birthday of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
we present a transcription and analysis of the plan for Wallace's unrealized final
book. Recently come to light,...
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April 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Alfred Russel Wallace's Unrealized Last Book: Insights from the Plan for Darwin and Wallace (2023) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity
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Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity
The positive side of the extinction crisis
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April 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity
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