Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: The Backbone of the Tree of Life (eBook)

New insights from analyses of molecules, morphology, and theory of data analysis

J. Wolfgang Wägele, Thomas Bartolomaeus (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
761 Seiten
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.KG (Verlag)
978-3-11-027752-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The growing success of molecular methods has challenged traditional views of animal evolution and a large number of alternative hypotheses are hotly debated today. For the deep metazoan phylogeny project, data sets of hitherto unmatched quality and quantity were compiled and analysed with innovative bioinformatics tools. The book begins at the base of the tree of life to discuss the origin of animals and early branches of the phylogenetic tree. The following section presents special data sets gained from mitochondrial genomes and from morphology, with a focus on nervous systems. The final section is dedicated to theoretical aspects of data analysis and new bioinformatics tools. The book closes with a unique general discussion of all hypotheses contained in previous chapters.This work provides the most comprehensiveoverview available of the state of the art in this exciting field of evolutionary research.

Johann-Wolfgang Wägele, ZFMK, Bonn, Germany; Thomas Bartholomaeus, University of Bonn, Germany

Inhalt

List of Contributing Authors 5
1 Introduction 27
Part I: New Data and Phylogenies 33
2 Progress and perspectives of the deep nonbilaterian phylogeny, with focus on sponges (Phylum Porifera) 35
3 Phylogenetics and phylogenomics at the root of the Metazoa 49
4 The Chaetognatha : An anarchistic taxon between Protostomia and Deuterostomia 75
5 Brain complexity in protostomes 105
6 Brains in Gastrotricha and Cycloneuralia – a comparison 119
7 Phylogeny of platyzoan taxa based on molecular data 131
8 Lophophorata monophyletic – after all 153
9 Phylogeny and evolution of Annelida based on molecular data 169
10 From morphology to phylogenomics: Placing the enigmatic Myzostomida in the tree of life 187
11 Coeloms and nephridia in annelids and arthropods 199
12 Arthropod phylogeny and the origin of Tracheata (= Atelocerata) from Remipedia–like ancestors 311
13 Phylogeny of the most species-rich group on Earth, the Pterygota : Ancient problems, living hypotheses and bridging gaps 369
14 The central complex in Crustacea 387
15 Advances in molecular phylogeny of crustaceans in the light of phylogenomic data 411
16 Phylogeny of the Chelicerates: Morphological and molecular evidence 425
17 Deuterostome phylogeny – a molecular perspective 439
18 Deuterostome phylogeny – a morphological perspective 451
19 Mitochondrial gene order in Metazoa – theme and variations 485
Part II: New Tools and Methods 499
20 Documenting Morphology: Morph·D·Base 501
21 Neurophylogeny – from description to character analysis 531
22 Computational methods for the analysis of mitochondrial genome rearrangements 541
23 RNA in phylogenetic reconstruction 557
24 Intron positions and near intron pairs 565
25 Molecular morphology: Higher order characters derivable from sequence information 575
26 Systematic errors in maximum-likelihood tree inference 589
27 Topological bias of maximum-likelihood trees inferred from star phylogenies in the event of correct and incorrect model assumptions 611
28 Exploring phylogenomic data 621
References 645
Index 749

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.8.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 3-11-027752-2 / 3110277522
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-027752-4 / 9783110277524