Reconstruction of Family-Level Phylogenetic Relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) Using Nuclear Encoded Housekeeping Genes

Horny sponges and their affairs: On the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges

(2012) Dirk Erpenbeck et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Genome-wide analysis of the sox family in the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum: multiple genes with unique expression patterns

(2012) Sofia Fortunato et al.   EvoDevo

The Chemical Ecology of Sponges on Caribbean Reefs: Natural Products Shape Natural Systems

(2011) Joseph R. Pawlik   BIOSCIENCE

Marine sponges and their microbial symbionts: love and other relationships

(2011) Nicole S. Webster et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Optimization of preservation and storage time of sponge tissues to obtain quality mRNA for next-generation sequencing

(2011) ANA RIESGO et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae)

(2011) C.C. Morrow et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Morphology and molecules on opposite sides of the diversity gradient: Four cryptic species of the Cliona celata (Porifera, Demospongiae) complex in South America revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear markers

(2011) Thiago Silva de Paula et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy

(2011) Paco Cárdenas et al.   PLoS One

Phylogenetic Relationships of the Marine Haplosclerida (Phylum Porifera) Employing Ribosomal (28S rRNA) and Mitochondrial (cox1, nad1) Gene Sequence Data

(2011) Niamh E. Redmond et al.   PLoS One

The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals

(2011) D. H. Erwin et al.   SCIENCE

A Method for Inferring the Rate of Evolution of Homologous Characters that Can Potentially Improve Phylogenetic Inference, Resolve Deep Divergence and Correct Systematic Biases

(2011) Carla A. Cummins et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Resolving Difficult Phylogenetic Questions: Why More Sequences Are Not Enough

(2011) Hervé Philippe et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Polyphyly of the genus Axinella and of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiaep)

(2010) Eve Gazave et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Two Pione species (Hadromerida, Clionaidae) from the Red Sea: a taxonomical challenge

(2010) Filippo Ferrario et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Florida reef sponges harbor coral disease-associated microbes

(2010) Karita Negandhi et al.   SYMBIOSIS

PhyloBayes 3: a Bayesian software package for phylogenetic reconstruction and molecular dating

(2009) Nicolas Lartillot et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships

(2009) Hervé Philippe et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Where's the glass? Biomarkers, molecular clocks, and microRNAs suggest a 200-Myr missing Precambrian fossil record of siliceous sponge spicules

(2009) E. A. SPERLING et al.   Geobiology

Phylogenetic-Signal Dissection of Nuclear Housekeeping Genes Supports the Paraphyly of Sponges and the Monophyly of Eumetazoa

(2009) E. A. Sperling et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period

(2009) Gordon D. Love et al.   NATURE

The use of marine sponge, Haliclona tenuiramosa as bioindicator to monitor heavy metal pollution in the coasts of Gulf of Mannar, India

(2008) J. Venkateswara Rao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Major bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal by encrusting coral reef cavity sponges

(2008) JM de Goeij et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

An Improved General Amino Acid Replacement Matrix

(2008) S. Q. Le et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Cryptic diversity of the symbiotic cyanobacterium Synechococcus spongiarum among sponge hosts

(2008) PATRICK M. ERWIN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Reconstructing ordinal relationships in the Demospongiae using mitochondrial genomic data

(2008) Dennis V. Lavrov et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny and Evolution of Glass Sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida)

(2008) Martin Dohrmann et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY