ARTHROPOD PHYLOGENY: A COMBINED APPROACH
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Abstract- Ribosomal and ubiquitin protein coding sequence data are generated from 20 arthropods and five close relatives. These molecular data are combined with morphological characters derived from the literature to approach arthropod phylogenetics from the perspective of total evidence. Trilobita were included in the analysis through morphological comparison alone. The overall data strongly support arthropod monophyly. Recent molecular analyses which have yield different results are shown to have been based on few characters, few taxa or both. The most parsimonious explanation of the data is (Annelida + (Onychophora + (Trilobita + Chelicerata) + (Crustacea + (Myriapoda + Hexapoda))))). The data are largely concordant both internally among data sets and externally with previous cladistic anatomical analyses.
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Earlier molecular studies did not support arthropod monophyly, but later investigations re-established the group as monophyletic.
“The coherence of the Arthropoda as a clade was not supported by some earlier molecular studies, although subsequent investigations have re-established the monophyly of the group”
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- Authors
- Wheeler, W. C., Cartwright, P., & Hayashi, C. Y.
- Affiliations
- American Museum of Natural History (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wheeler, Ward C.
- Venue
- Cladistics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1993-03
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-39
- ISSN
- 0748-3007 (ISSN-L)
- 1096-0031
- OpenAlex
- W2087350017
- Cited by
- 295
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 30.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cladistics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Keywords
- arthropod phylogeny, ribosomal DNA, total evidence, trilobites, Annelida, Onychophora, Chelicerata, Crustacea, Myriapoda, Hexapoda, morphological characters, parsimony analysis
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