[HTML][HTML] The phylogeny and evolutionary history of arthropods

G Giribet, GD Edgecombe - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Arthropods are the most diverse animal phylum, and their phylogenetic relationships have
been debated for centuries. With the advent of molecular phylogenetics, arthropods were …

The evolution of insect biodiversity

E Tihelka, C Cai, M Giacomelli, J Lozano-Fernandez… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Insects comprise over half of all described animal species. Together with the Protura
(coneheads), Collembola (springtails) and Diplura (two-pronged bristletails), insects form …

Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species

SQ Zhang, LH Che, Y Li, D Liang, H Pang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Beetles (Coleoptera) are the most diverse and species-rich group of insects, and a robust,
time-calibrated phylogeny is fundamental to understanding macroevolutionary processes …

The beetle tree of life reveals that C oleoptera survived end‐P ermian mass extinction to diversify during the C retaceous terrestrial revolution

DD Mckenna, AL Wild, K Kanda… - Systematic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Here we present a phylogeny of beetles (I nsecta: C oleoptera) based on DNA sequence
data from eight nuclear genes, including six single‐copy nuclear protein‐coding genes, for …

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

B Misof, S Liu, K Meusemann, RS Peters, A Donath… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Insects are the most speciose group of animals, but the phylogenetic relationships of many
major lineages remain unresolved. We inferred the phylogeny of insects from 1478 protein …

The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan

Z Wang, J Pascual-Anaya, A Zadissa, W Li, Y Niimura… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The unique anatomical features of turtles have raised unanswered questions about the
origin of their unique body plan. We generated and analyzed draft genomes of the soft-shell …

Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species

KR Bradnam, JN Fass, A Alexandrov, P Baranay… - …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background The process of generating raw genome sequence data continues to become
cheaper, faster, and more accurate. However, assembly of such data into high-quality …

Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects

M Petersen, D Armisén, RA Gibbs, L Hering… - BMC Ecology and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Transposable elements (TEs) are a major component of metazoan
genomes and are associated with a variety of mechanisms that shape genome architecture …

Expanding anchored hybrid enrichment to resolve both deep and shallow relationships within the spider tree of life

CA Hamilton, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2016 - Springer
Background Despite considerable effort, progress in spider molecular systematics has
lagged behind many other comparable arthropod groups, thereby hindering family-level …

Fossil calibrations for the arthropod Tree of Life

JM Wolfe, AC Daley, DA Legg, GD Edgecombe - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a
timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically …