Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: the Backbone of the Tree of Life : New Insights from Analyses of Molecules, Morphology, and Theory of Data Analysis.

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.

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List of Contributing Authors; 1 Introduction; Part I: New Data and Phylogenies; 2 Progress and perspectives of the deep nonbilaterian phylogeny, with focus on sponges (Phylum Porifera); 3 Phylogenetics and phylogenomics at the root of the Metazoa; 4 The Chaetognatha : An anarchistic taxon between Protostomia and Deuterostomia; 5 Brain complexity in protostomes; 6 Brains in Gastrotricha and Cycloneuralia â€" a comparison; 7 Phylogeny of platyzoan taxa based on molecular data; 8 Lophophorata monophyletic â€" after all; 9 Phylogeny and evolution of Annelida based on molecular data.

10 From morphology to phylogenomics: Placing the enigmatic Myzostomida in the tree of life11 Coeloms and nephridia in annelids and arthropods; 12 Arthropod phylogeny and the origin of Tracheata (= Atelocerata) from Remipediaâ€"like ancestors; 13 Phylogeny of the most species-rich group on Earth, the Pterygota : Ancient problems, living hypotheses and bridging gaps; 14 The central complex in Crustacea; 15 Advances in molecular phylogeny of crustaceans in the light of phylogenomic data; 16 Phylogeny of the Chelicerates: Morphological and molecular evidence.

17 Deuterostome phylogeny â€" a molecular perspective18 Deuterostome phylogeny â€" a morphological perspective; 19 Mitochondrial gene order in Metazoa â€" theme and variations; Part II: New Tools and Methods; 20 Documenting Morphology: Morph·D·Base; 21 Neurophylogeny â€" from description to character analysis; 22 Computational methods for the analysis of mitochondrial genome rearrangements; 23 RNA in phylogenetic reconstruction; 24 Intron positions and near intron pairs; 25 Molecular morphology: Higher order characters derivable from sequence information.

26 Systematic errors in maximum-likelihood tree inference27 Topological bias of maximum-likelihood trees inferred from star phylogenies in the event of correct and incorrect model assumptions; 28 Exploring phylogenomic data; References; Index.

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