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- Title
Hexapod origins: monophyletic or paraphyletic?
- Authors
Nardi, Francesco; Spinsanti, Giacomo; Boore, Jeffrey L; Carapelli, Antonio; Dallai, Romano; Frati, Francesco
- Abstract
Recent morphological and molecular evidence has changed interpretations of arthropod phylogeny and evolution. Here we compare complete mitochondrial genomes to show that Collembola, a wingless group traditionally considered as basal to all insects, appears instead to constitute a separate evolutionary lineage that branched much earlier than the separation of many crustaceans and insects and independently adapted to life on land. Therefore, the taxon Hexapoda, as commonly defined to include all six-legged arthropods, is not monophyletic.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2003, Vol 299, Issue 5614, p1887
- ISSN
1095-9203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1078607