2011
Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions
Edgecombe G, Giribet G, Dunn C, Hejnol A, Kristensen R, Neves R, Rouse G, Worsaae K, Sørensen M. Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 2011, 11: 151-172. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0044-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThousands of genesTarget gene approachSister-group relationBilaterian phylogenyBilaterian animalsPhylogenomic approachProtostome cladeMain cladesTaxonomic sampleSequencing projectsAcoelomorph flatwormsPhylogenetic analysisSister groupMultiple lociCladeProtostomesStable corePlacozoaBilateriansBilateriaDeuterostomesMetazoansSpiraliansPlatyzoaDeuterostomia
2007
A modern look at the Animal Tree of Life*
GIRIBET G, DUNN C, EDGECOMBE G, ROUSE G. A modern look at the Animal Tree of Life*. Zootaxa 2007, 1668 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimal treeExpressed Sequence TagsStudy of embryologyPhylogenomic approachBilaterian animalsAnimal diversityProtostome phylaNemertodermatid flatwormsSequence tagsPhylogenetic interrelationshipsLophophorate phylaConfocal laser scanning microscopyBasal positionMetazoan phylogeneticsMolecular biologyLaser scanning microscopyBilateriaCladePhylaMolecular focusScanning microscopyProtostomesTreesDeuterostomiaCnidarians