Wägele / Bartolomaeus Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: The Backbone of the Tree of Life

New insights from analyses of molecules, morphology, and theory of data analysis
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-11-027752-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 761 Seiten

Zielgruppe

Researchers and advanced students in the fields of zoology, evolutionary biology, ecology, molecular biology, systems biology and bioinformatics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wägele, J. Wolfgang

Bartolomaeus, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Bioinformatik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Bioinformatik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;List of Contributing Authors;5
1.1;1 Introduction;27
2;Part I: New Data and Phylogenies;33
2.1;2 Progress and perspectives of the deep nonbilaterian phylogeny, with focus on sponges (Phylum Porifera);35
2.2;3 Phylogenetics and phylogenomics at the root of the Metazoa;49
2.3;4 The Chaetognatha : An anarchistic taxon between Protostomia and Deuterostomia;75
2.4;5 Brain complexity in protostomes;105
2.5;6 Brains in Gastrotricha and Cycloneuralia – a comparison;119
2.6;7 Phylogeny of platyzoan taxa based on molecular data;131
2.7;8 Lophophorata monophyletic – after all;153
2.8;9 Phylogeny and evolution of Annelida based on molecular data;169
2.9;10 From morphology to phylogenomics: Placing the enigmatic Myzostomida in the tree of life;187
2.10;11 Coeloms and nephridia in annelids and arthropods;199
2.11;12 Arthropod phylogeny and the origin of Tracheata (= Atelocerata) from Remipedia–like ancestors;311
2.12;13 Phylogeny of the most species-rich group on Earth, the Pterygota : Ancient problems, living hypotheses and bridging gaps;369
2.13;14 The central complex in Crustacea;387
2.14;15 Advances in molecular phylogeny of crustaceans in the light of phylogenomic data;411
2.15;16 Phylogeny of the Chelicerates: Morphological and molecular evidence;425
2.16;17 Deuterostome phylogeny – a molecular perspective;439
2.17;18 Deuterostome phylogeny – a morphological perspective;451
2.18;19 Mitochondrial gene order in Metazoa – theme and variations;485
3;Part II: New Tools and Methods;499
3.1;20 Documenting Morphology: Morph·D·Base;501
3.2;21 Neurophylogeny – from description to character analysis;531
3.3;22 Computational methods for the analysis of mitochondrial genome rearrangements;541
3.4;23 RNA in phylogenetic reconstruction;557
3.5;24 Intron positions and near intron pairs;565
3.6;25 Molecular morphology: Higher order characters derivable from sequence information;575
3.7;26 Systematic errors in maximum-likelihood tree inference;589
3.8;27 Topological bias of maximum-likelihood trees inferred from star phylogenies in the event of correct and incorrect model assumptions;611
3.9;28 Exploring phylogenomic data;621
4;References;645
5;Index;749

Über Autor(innen)

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

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