Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences

Jerome C. Regier, Jeffrey W. Shultz, Andreas Zwick, April Hussey, Bernard Ball, Regina Wetzer, Joel W. Martin and Clifford W. Cunningham ()
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Jerome C. Regier: Center for Biosystems Research, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute,
Jeffrey W. Shultz: Center for Biosystems Research, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute,
Andreas Zwick: Center for Biosystems Research, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute,
April Hussey: Center for Biosystems Research, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute,
Bernard Ball: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Regina Wetzer: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
Joel W. Martin: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
Clifford W. Cunningham: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA

Nature, 2010, vol. 463, issue 7284, 1079-1083

Abstract: The complex world of arthropods The evolutionary interrelationship of arthropods (jointed-legged animals) has long been a matter of dispute. A new phylogeny based on an analysis of over 41,000 base pairs of DNA from 75 species, including representatives of every major arthropod lineage, should ease the way towards a consensus on the matter. The data support the idea that insects are land-living crustaceans, that crustaceans comprise a diverse assemblage of at last three distinct arthropod types, and that myriapods (millipedes and centipedes) are the closest relatives of this great 'pancrustacean' group.

Date: 2010
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