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    Four myriapod relatives – but who are sisters? No end to debates on relationships among the four major myriapod subgroups

    Phylogenetic relationships among the myriapod subgroups Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda are still not robustly resolved. The first phylogenomic study covering all subgroups resolved phylogenetic r...

    Nikolaus U. Szucsich, Daniela Bartel, Alexander Blanke in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2020)

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    Correction to: An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Alexandros Vasilikopoulos, Bernhard Misof, Karen Meusemann in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2020)

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    An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)

    The latest advancements in DNA sequencing technologies have facilitated the resolution of the phylogeny of insects, yet parts of the tree of Holometabola remain unresolved. The phylogeny of Neuropterida has be...

    Alexandros Vasilikopoulos, Bernhard Misof, Karen Meusemann in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2020)

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    The molecular evolutionary dynamics of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) genes in Hymenoptera

    The primary energy-producing pathway in eukaryotic cells, the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system, comprises proteins encoded by both mitochondrial and nuclear genes. To maintain the function of the OXPH...

    Yiyuan Li, Rui Zhang, Shanlin Liu, Alexander Donath in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2017)

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    Evolution of neuropeptides in non-pterygote hexapods

    Neuropeptides are key players in information transfer and act as important regulators of development, growth, metabolism, and reproduction within multi-cellular animal organisms (Metazoa). These short protein-...

    Christian Derst, Heinrich Dircksen, Karen Meusemann, **n Zhou in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2016)