The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target‐gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

WC Wheeler, JA Coddington, LM Crowley… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[LIVRE][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1

WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

The contribution of molecular data to our understanding of cephalopod evolution and systematics: a review

AL Allcock, A Lindgren, JM Strugnell - Journal of Natural History, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The first DNA sequence of a cephalopod was published in 1983 and the first molecular
paper focusing on cephalopods was published in 1994. In this review we trace progress in …

Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life–an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters

R Bieler, PM Mikkelsen, TM Collins… - Invertebrate …, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
To re-evaluate the relationships of the major bivalve lineages, we amassed detailed morpho-
anatomical, ultrastructural and molecular sequence data for a targeted selection of exemplar …

Disentangling ribbon worm relationships: multi‐locus analysis supports traditional classification of the phylum Nemertea

SCS Andrade, M Strand, M Schwartz, H Chen… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The phylogenetic relationships of selected members of the phylum Nemertea are explored
by means of six markers amplified from the genomic DNA of freshly collected specimens (the …

A multi-gene phylogeny of Cephalopoda supports convergent morphological evolution in association with multiple habitat shifts in the marine environment

AR Lindgren, MS Pankey, FG Hochberg… - BMC evolutionary …, 2012 - Springer
Background The marine environment is comprised of numerous divergent organisms living
under similar selective pressures, often resulting in the evolution of convergent structures …

New insights into the phylogeny, systematics and DNA barcoding of Nemertea

S Kvist, CE Laumer, J Junoy, G Giribet - Invertebrate systematics, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Although some clades of ribbon worms (phylum Nemertea) are consistently recovered with
high support in molecular phylogenies, the placement and inter-relationships of some taxa …

Evolution of spermatophore transfer mechanisms in cephalopods

JEAR Marian - Journal of Natural History, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Spermatophores from coleoid cephalopods are capable of functioning autonomously during
mating, attaching themselves to the female body through the “spermatophoric reaction”. In …

Plastid genomes and deep relationships among the commelinid monocot angiosperms

CF Barrett, JI Davis, J Leebens‐Mack, JG Conran… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The commelinid monocots comprise the orders Arecales (A), Commelinales (C), Poales
sensu Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (APGIII)(P), Zingiberales (Z), plus the unplaced …

Into the deep: a phylogenetic approach to the bivalve subclass Protobranchia

PP Sharma, JD Zardus, EE Boyle, VL González… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2013 - Elsevier
A molecular phylogeny of Protobranchia, the subclass of bivalve mollusks sister to the
remaining Bivalvia, has long proven elusive, because many constituent lineages are deep …