Genomics and the animal tree of life: conflicts and future prospects

New deep-sea species of Xenoturbella and the position of Xenacoelomorpha

(2016) Greg W. Rouse et al.   NATURE

Xenacoelomorpha is the sister group to Nephrozoa

(2016) Johanna Taylor Cannon et al.   NATURE

The meaning of categorical ranks in evolutionary biology

(2016) Gonzalo Giribet et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Cementing mussels to oysters in the pteriomorphian tree: a phylogenomic approach

(2016) Sarah Lemer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Exploring Phylogenetic Relationships within Myriapoda and the Effects of Matrix Composition and Occupancy on Phylogenomic Reconstruction

(2016) Rosa Fernández et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Spiralian Phylogeny Informs the Evolution of Microscopic Lineages

(2015) Christopher E. Laumer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The evolution of animal genomes

(2015) Casey W Dunn et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Articulating “Archiannelids”: Phylogenomics and Annelid Relationships, with Emphasis on Meiofaunal Taxa

(2015) Sónia C.S. Andrade et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genomic data do not support comb jellies as the sister group to all other animals

(2015) Davide Pisani et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Error, signal, and the placement of Ctenophora sister to all other animals

(2015) Nathan V. Whelan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic insights into the evolutionary origin of Myxozoa within Cnidaria

(2015) E. Sally Chang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The hidden biology of sponges and ctenophores

(2015) Casey W. Dunn et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Animal Phylogeny and Its Evolutionary Implications

(2014) Casey W. Dunn et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Evolutionary origins of sensation in metazoans: functional evidence for a new sensory organ in sponges

(2014) Danielle A Ludeman et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenomic Analysis of Spiders Reveals Nonmonophyly of Orb Weavers

(2014) Rosa Fernández et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Choanoflagellate and choanocyte collar-flagellar systems and the assumption of homology

(2014) Jasmine L. Mah et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Phylogenomic Interrogation of Arachnida Reveals Systemic Conflicts in Phylogenetic Signal

(2014) Prashant P. Sharma et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

(2014) Leonid L. Moroz et al.   NATURE

New phylogenomic data support the monophyly of Lophophorata and an Ectoproct-Phoronid clade and indicate that Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa are caused by systematic bias

(2013) Maximilian P Nesnidal et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Decisive Data Sets in Phylogenomics: Lessons from Studies on the Phylogenetic Relationships of Primarily Wingless Insects

(2013) Emiliano Dell’Ampio et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Deep metazoan phylogeny: When different genes tell different stories

(2013) Tetyana Nosenko et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Inferring ancient divergences requires genes with strong phylogenetic signals

(2013) Leonidas Salichos et al.   NATURE

Global Diversity of the Placozoa

(2013) Michael Eitel et al.   PLoS One

The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

(2013) J. F. Ryan et al.   SCIENCE

Xenoturbella bocki exhibits direct development with similarities to Acoelomorpha

(2013) Hiroaki Nakano et al.   Nature Communications

Chasing the urmetazoon: Striking a blow for quality data?

(2012) Hans-Jürgen Osigus et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A new view of insect–crustacean relationships I. Inferences from neural cladistics and comparative neuroanatomy

(2011) Nicholas J. Strausfeld et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Evolution: A can of worms

(2011) Amy Maxmen   NATURE

Acoelomorph flatworms are deuterostomes related to Xenoturbella

(2011) Hervé Philippe et al.   NATURE

The Ecdysozoa: Artifact or monophylum?

(2010) J. W. Wägele et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Improved Phylogenomic Taxon Sampling Noticeably Affects Nonbilaterian Relationships

(2010) K. S. Pick et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The phylogeography of the Placozoa suggests a taxon-rich phylum in tropical and subtropical waters

(2010) M. EITEL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The mitochondrial genome structure of Xenoturbella bocki (phylum Xenoturbellida) is ancestral within the deuterostomes

(2009) Sarah J Bourlat et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships

(2009) Hervé Philippe et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

(2009) A. Hejnol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Xenoturbellida: The fourth deuterostome phylum and the diet of worms

(2008) Maximilian J. Telford   GENESIS

Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life

(2008) Casey W. Dunn et al.   NATURE

A forgotten homology supporting the monophyly of Tracheata: The subcoxa of insects and myriapods re-visited

(2008) Holger Bäcker et al.   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER