The mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of Metazoa is a good model system for evolutionary
genomic studies and the availability of more than 1000 sequences provides an almost …

▪ Abstract Molecular tools have profoundly rearranged our understanding of metazoan
phylogeny. Initially based on the nuclear small ribosomal subunit (SSU or 18S) gene, recent …

Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline
of higher-level classification and Page 1 Zootaxa 3148 © 2011 Magnolia Press · 165 …

An ambitious, yet fundamental goal for comparative biology is to understand the
evolutionary relationships for all of life. However, many important taxonomic groups have …

Remipedes are a small and enigmatic group of crustaceans, first described only 30 years
ago. Analyses of both morphological and molecular data have recently suggested a close …

Recent molecular analyses indicate that crustaceans and hexapods form a clade
(Pancrustacea or Tetraconata), but relationships among its constituent lineages, including …

Arthropods are the most diverse group of animals and have been so since the Cambrian
radiation. They belong to the protostome clade Ecdysozoa, with Onychophora (velvet …

Comparing complete animal mitochondrial genome sequences is becoming increasingly
common for phylogenetic reconstruction and as a model for genome evolution. Not only are …

In this study, mitochondrial sequences were used to investigate the relationships among the
major lineages of Arthropoda. The data matrix used for the analyses includes 84 taxa and …

This work expands on a study from 2004 by Mallatt, Garey, and Shultz [Mallatt, JM, Garey,
JR, Shultz, JW, 2004. Ecdysozoan phylogeny and Bayesian inference: first use of nearly …