Reinvestigating the phylogeny of Myriapoda with more extensive taxon sampling and novel genetic perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There have been extensive debates on the interrelationships among the four major classes of Myriapoda-Chilopoda, Symphyla, Diplopoda, and Pauropoda. The core controversy is the position of Pauropoda; that is, whether it should be grouped with Symphyla or Diplopoda as a sister group. Two recent phylogenomic studies separately investigated transcriptomic data from 14 and 29 Myriapoda species covering all four groups along with outgroups, and proposed two different topologies of phylogenetic relationships.

Methods

Building on these studies, we extended the taxon sampling by investigating 39 myriapods and integrating the previously available data with three new transcriptomic datasets generated in this study. Our analyses present the phylogenetic relationships among t

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8710254 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature