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Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

Misof, Bernhard, Liu, Shanlin, Meusemann, Karen, Peters, Ralph S., Donath, Alexander, Mayer, Christoph, Frandsen, Paul B., Ware, Jessica +93 more·2014·Science

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Toward an insect evolution resolution: Insects are the most diverse group of animals, with the largest number of species. However, many of the evolutionary relationships between insect species have been controversial and difficult to resolve. Misof et al. performed a phylogenomic analysis of protein-coding genes from all major insect orders and close relatives, resolving the placement of taxa. The authors used this resolved phylogenetic tree together with fossil analysis to date the origin of insects to ~479 million years ago and to resolve long-controversial subjects in insect phylogeny. Science , this issue p. 763

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  • The diversification of angiosperms since the Cretaceous coincides with the extraordinarily rapid diversification within clades of holometabolous insects (primarily bees, flies and butterflies).

    “The diversification of angiosperms since the Cretaceous [48–50] coincides with the extraordinarily rapid diversification within clades of holometabolous insects (primarily bees, flies and butterflies) [51].”

    From Novelty and Innovation in the History of Life (2015) · cites this paper as [51]

  • Complete metamorphosis (holometaboly) in insects evolved once, approximately 344 million years ago (95% confidence interval 372 to 317 Ma).

    “Complete metamorphosis (holometaboly) in insects evolved once, some 344 million years ago (95% confidence interval: 372 to 317) (Misof et al. , 2014).”

    From Why grow up? <scp>A</scp> perspective on insect strategies to avoid metamorphosis (2016) · cites this paper as Misof et al., 2014

  • Hemimetabolous development appeared after the evolution of wings.

    “The first type of metamorphic development (hemimetabolous development) appeared after the evolution of wings [42].”

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  • All the supermatrices had also been previously extensively analyzed using either RAxML or ExaML.

    “In addition to our analyses, all the supermatrices have also been previously extensively analyzed using either RAxML or ExaML (e.g., Jarvis et al. 2014; Misof et al. 2014; Wickett et al. 2014).”

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Misof, B., Liu, S., Meusemann, K., Peters, R. S., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Frandsen, P. B., Ware, J., Flouri, T., Beutel, R. G., Niehuis, O., Petersen, M., Izquierdo-Carrasco, F., Wappler, T., Rust, J., Aberer, A. J., Aspöck, U., Aspöck, H., Bartel, D., Blanke, A., Berger, S., Böhm, A., Buckley, T. R., Calcott, B., Chen, J., Friedrich, F., Fukui, M., Fujita, M., Greve, C., Grobe, P., Gu, S., Huang, Y., Jermiin, L. S., Kawahara, A. Y., Krogmann, L., Kubiak, M., Lanfear, R., Letsch, H., Li, Y., Li, Z., Li, J., Lu, H., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Kapli, P., McKenna, D. D., Meng, G., Nakagaki, Y., Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., Ott, M., Ou, Y., Pass, G., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., von Reumont, B. M., Schütte, K., Sekiya, K., Shimizu, S., Slipinski, A., Stamatakis, A., Song, W., Su, X., Szucsich, N. U., Tan, M., Tan, X., Tang, M., Tang, J., Timelthaler, G., Tomizuka, S., Trautwein, M., Tong, X., Uchifune, T., Walzl, M. G., Wiegmann, B. M., Wilbrandt, J., Wipfler, B., Wong, T. K. F., Wu, Q., Wu, G., Xie, Y., Yang, S., Yang, Q., Yeates, D. K., Yoshizawa, K., Zhang, Q., Zhang, R., Zhang, W., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, C., Zhou, L., Ziesmann, T., Zou, S., Li, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, J., Wang, J., Kjer, K. M., & Zhou, X.
Affiliations
  • Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE)
  • BGI Group (China) (CN)
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
  • Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (DE)
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
  • University of Bonn (DE)
  • Natural History Museum Vienna (AT)
  • Medical University of Vienna (AT)
  • University of Vienna (AT)
  • University of Tsukuba (JP)
  • Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (NZ)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Universität Hamburg (DE)
  • Ehime University (JP)
  • Florida Museum of Natural History (US)
  • Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (DE)
  • Australian National University (AU)
  • University of Crete (GR)
  • University of Memphis (US)
  • Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biólogicas y Agropecuarias, Centro de Estudios en Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
  • Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (DE)
  • Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  • Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum London, London, UK.
  • Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) (CSIRO), National Research Collections Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
  • California Academy of Sciences (US)
  • South China Agricultural University (CN)
  • North Carolina State University (US)
  • Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum Jena, FSU Jena, Germany.
  • Hokkaido University (JP)
Venue
Science
Published
2014-11-07
Volume
346
Issue
6210
Pages
763-767
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2059359550
Cited by
2,694
References
170
Citations by year
2026: 156 · 2025: 185 · 2024: 218 · 2023: 203 · 2022: 274 · 2021: 253 · 2020: 270 · 2019: 249 · 2018: 247 · 2017: 225 · 2016: 246 · 2015: 161 · 2014: 5
FWCI
217.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
  • DESY Publication Database (PUBDB) (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) (submittedVersion)
  • DORA PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (14F04071, 25440201, 24570093)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Fossil Insects in Amber
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
Keywords
insect phylogeny, insect evolution, insect origin, holometabolous insects, diversification timing, protein-coding genes, divergence time estimation, Ordovician, Devonian, Mississippian, Cretaceous, evolutionary innovation
MeSH terms
Animals, Genetic Code, Insecta, Phylogeny, Time Factors, Insect Proteins, Genomics, Genome, Insect

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