Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 8, 669-686, Copyright © 1991 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
JM Turbeville, DM Pfeifer, KG Field and RA Raff
Partial 18S rRNA sequences of five chelicerate arthropods plus a
crustacean, myriapod, insect, chordate, echinoderm, annelid, and
platyhelminth were compared. The sequence data were used to infer phylogeny
by using a maximum-parsimony method, an evolutionary-distance method, and
the evolutionary-parsimony method. The phylogenetic inferences generated by
maximum-parsimony and distance methods support both monophyly of the
Arthropoda and monophyly of the Chelicerata within the Arthropoda. These
results are congruent with phylogenies based on rigorous cladistic analyses
of morphological characters. Results support the inclusion of the
Arthropoda within a spiralian or protostome coelomate clade that is the
sister group of a deuterostome clade, refuting the hypothesis that the
arthropods represent the "primitive" sister group of a protostome coelomate
clade. Bootstrap analyses and consideration of all trees within 1% of the
length of the most parsimonious tree suggest that relationships between the
nonchelicerate arthropods and relationships within the chelicerate clade
cannot be reliably inferred with the partial 18S rRNA sequence data. With
the evolutionary-parsimony method, support for monophyly of the Arthropoda
is found in the majority of the combinations analyzed if the coelomates are
used as "outgroups." Monophyly of the Chelicerata is supported in most
combinations assessed. Our analyses also indicate that the
evolutionary-parsimony method, like distance and parsimony, may be biased
by taxa with long branches. We suggest that a previous study's inference of
the Arthropoda as paraphyletic may be the result of (a) having two few
arthropod taxa available for analysis and (b) including long-branched taxa.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The phylogenetic status of arthropods, as inferred from 18S rRNA sequences
Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.
CiteULike 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  J. Zheng, I. B. Rogozin, E. V. Koonin, and T. M. Przytycka Support for the Coelomata Clade of Animals from a Rigorous Analysis of the Pattern of Intron Conservation Mol. Biol. Evol., November 1, 2007; 24(11): 2583 - 2592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
I. B. Rogozin, Y. I. Wolf, L. Carmel, and E. V. Koonin Ecdysozoan Clade Rejected by Genome-Wide Analysis of Rare Amino Acid Replacements Mol. Biol. Evol., April 1, 2007; 24(4): 1080 - 1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y.-x. Luan, J. M. Mallatt, R.-d. Xie, Y.-m. Yang, and W.-y. Yin The Phylogenetic Positions of Three Basal-Hexapod Groups (Protura, Diplura, and Collembola) Based on Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequences Mol. Biol. Evol., July 1, 2005; 22(7): 1579 - 1592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
K. Kusche and T. Burmester Diplopod Hemocyanin Sequence and the Phylogenetic Position of the Myriapoda Mol. Biol. Evol., August 1, 2001; 18(8): 1566 - 1573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. Burmester Molecular Evolution of the Arthropod Hemocyanin Superfamily Mol. Biol. Evol., February 1, 2001; 18(2): 184 - 195. [Abstract] [Full Text]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 M. Tarpin, W. J. Gehring, and J. Bierne Reverse homeosis in homeotically reconstructed ribbonworms PNAS, October 12, 1999; 96(21): 11900 - 11903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 E. Jaenicke, H. Decker, W. Gebauer, J. Markl, and T. Burmester Identification, Structure, and Properties of Hemocyanins from Diplopod Myriapoda J. Biol. Chem., October 8, 1999; 274(41): 29071 - 29074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. Burmester Identification, Molecular Cloning, and Phylogenetic Analysis of a Non-respiratory Pseudo-hemocyanin of Homarus americanus J. Biol. Chem., May 7, 1999; 274(19): 13217 - 13222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
N. B. Terwilliger, L. Dangott, and M. Ryan Cryptocyanin, a crustacean molting protein: Evolutionary link with arthropod hemocyanins and insect hexamerins PNAS, March 2, 1999; 96(5): 2013 - 2018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. J. Telford and R. H. Thomas Expression of homeobox genes shows chelicerate arthropods retain their deutocerebral segment PNAS, September 1, 1998; 95(18): 10671 - 10675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. Kmita-Cunisse, F. Loosli, J. Bierne, and W. J. Gehring Homeobox genes in the ribbonworm Lineus sanguineus: Evolutionary implications PNAS, March 17, 1998; 95(6): 3030 - 3035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. W. Valentine Cleavage patterns and the topology of the metazoan tree of life PNAS, July 22, 1997; 94(15): 8001 - 8005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. Panganiban, S. M. Irvine, C. Lowe, H. Roehl, L. S. Corley, B. Sherbon, J. K. Grenier, J. F. Fallon, J. Kimble, M. Walker, et al. The origin and evolution of animal appendages PNAS, May 13, 1997; 94(10): 5162 - 5166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 J D DeVault, K J Hughes, R A Leopold, O A Johnson, and S K Narang Gene transfer into corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) embryos. Genome Res., July 1, 1996; 6(7): 571 - 579. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 J. Ballard, G. Olsen, D. Faith, W. Odgers, D. Rowell, and P. Atkinson Evidence from 12S ribosomal RNA sequences that onychophorans are modified arthropods Science, November 20, 1992; 258(5086): 1345 - 1348. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|