Over the last decade, molecular systematics has undergone a change of paradigm as high-
throughput sequencing now makes it possible to reconstruct evolutionary relationships …

Background Fish classifications, as those of most other taxonomic groups, are being
transformed drastically as new molecular phylogenies provide support for natural groups …

Lungfishes belong to lobe-fined fish (Sarcopterygii) that, in the Devonian
period,'conquered'the land and ultimately gave rise to all land vertebrates, including …

Phylogenomics is extremely powerful but introduces new challenges as no agreement exists
on 'standards' for data selection, curation and tree inference. We use jawed vertebrates …

The genomes of living lungfishes can inform on the molecular-developmental basis of the
Devonian sarcopterygian fish–tetrapod transition. We de novo sequenced the genomes of …

Despite the increasing feasibility of sequencing whole genomes from diverse taxa, a
persistent problem in phylogenomics is the selection of appropriate genetic markers or loci …

Phylogenomic datasets invariably contain undetected stretches of non-homologous
characters due to poor-quality sequences or erroneous gene models. The large-scale multi …

Placozoans are a phylum of nonbilaterian marine animals currently represented by a single
described species, Trichoplax adhaerens, Schulze 1883. Placozoans arguably show the …

Accurately resolving the phylogeny of enigmatic taxa is always a challenge in phylogenetic
inference. Such uncertainties could be due to systematic errors or model violations. Here …

The interordinal relationships of Laurasiatherian mammals are currently one of the most
controversial questions in mammalian phylogenetics. Previous studies mainly relied on …