Studies in evolutionary biology and biogeography increasingly rely on the estimation of
dated phylogenetic trees using molecular clocks. In turn, the calibration of such clocks is …

In the last decade and a half, advances in genetic sequencing technologies have
revolutionized systematics, transforming the field from studying morphological characters or …

We present a phylogenetic analysis of spiders using a dataset of 932 spider species,
representing 115 families (only the family Synaphridae is unrepresented), 700 known …

Dating back to almost 400 mya, spiders are among the most diverse terrestrial predators [1].
However, despite considerable effort [1–9], their phylogenetic relationships and …

ABSTRACT Spiders (Order Araneae) are massively abundant generalist arthropod
predators that are found in nearly every ecosystem on the planet and have persisted for over …

High throughput sequencing and phylogenomic analyses focusing on relationships among
spiders have both reinforced and upturned long‐standing hypotheses. Likewise, the …

Spiders represent an ancient predatory lineage known for their extraordinary biomaterials,
including venoms and silks. These adaptations make spiders key arthropod predators in …

Spiders are ecologically important predators with complex venom and extraordinarily tough
silk that enables capture of large prey. Here we present the assembled genome of the social …

Genome-scale data sets are converging on robust, stable phylogenetic hypotheses for many
lineages; however, some nodes have shown disagreement across classes of data. We use …

We test the limits of the spider superfamily Araneoidea and reconstruct its interfamilial
relationships using standard molecular markers. The taxon sample (363 terminals) …