Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions
Metazoa comprises 35–40 phyla that include some 1.3 million described species.
Phylogenetic analyses of metazoan interrelationships have progressed in the past two …
Phylogenetic analyses of metazoan interrelationships have progressed in the past two …
Key novelties in the evolution of the aquatic colonial phylum Bryozoa: evidence from soft body morphology
TF Schwaha, AN Ostrovsky, A Wanninger - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular techniques are currently the leading tools for reconstructing phylogenetic
relationships, but our understanding of ancestral, plesiomorphic and apomorphic characters …
relationships, but our understanding of ancestral, plesiomorphic and apomorphic characters …
[图书][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1
WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …
Phylogenomics of Lophotrochozoa with consideration of systematic error
Phylogenomic studies have improved understanding of deep metazoan phylogeny and
show promise for resolving incongruences among analyses based on limited numbers of …
show promise for resolving incongruences among analyses based on limited numbers of …
Phylogenomic analyses unravel annelid evolution
TH Struck, C Paul, N Hill, S Hartmann, C Hösel… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Annelida, the ringed worms, is a highly diverse animal phylum that includes more than
15,000 described species and constitutes the dominant benthic macrofauna from the …
15,000 described species and constitutes the dominant benthic macrofauna from the …
Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus
We report the draft genome sequence of the red harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus.
The genome was sequenced using 454 pyrosequencing, and the current assembly and …
The genome was sequenced using 454 pyrosequencing, and the current assembly and …
Nemertean and phoronid genomes reveal lophotrochozoan evolution and the origin of bilaterian heads
YJ Luo, M Kanda, R Koyanagi, K Hisata… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Nemerteans (ribbon worms) and phoronids (horseshoe worms) are closely related
lophotrochozoans—a group of animals including leeches, snails and other invertebrates …
lophotrochozoans—a group of animals including leeches, snails and other invertebrates …
Polyzoa is back: the effect of complete gene sets on the placement of Ectoprocta and Entoprocta
K Khalturin, N Shunatova, S Shchenkov… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The phylogenomic approach has largely resolved metazoan phylogeny and improved our
knowledge of animal evolution based on morphology, paleontology, and embryology …
knowledge of animal evolution based on morphology, paleontology, and embryology …
A molecular phylogeny of bryozoans
We present the most comprehensive molecular phylogeny of bryozoans to date. Our
concatenated alignment of two nuclear ribosomal and five mitochondrial genes includes 95 …
concatenated alignment of two nuclear ribosomal and five mitochondrial genes includes 95 …
New phylogenomic data support the monophyly of Lophophorata and an Ectoproct-Phoronid clade and indicate that Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa are caused by …
MP Nesnidal, M Helmkampf, A Meyer, A Witek… - BMC evolutionary …, 2013 - Springer
Background Within the complex metazoan phylogeny, the relationships of the three
lophophorate lineages, ectoprocts, brachiopods and phoronids, are particularly elusive. To …
lophophorate lineages, ectoprocts, brachiopods and phoronids, are particularly elusive. To …