2009
Assembling the spiralian tree of life
Giribet G, Dunn C, Edgecombe G, Hejnol A, Martindale M, Rouse G. Assembling the spiralian tree of life. 2009, 52-64. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549429.003.0006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhylogenomic dataClade of animalsLarge-scale sequencingRecent common ancestorKey fossil taxaNew taxonomic proposalAnimal treeCharacter state combinationsAnimal phylaMajor cladesPhylogenetic relationshipsCommon ancestorSpiral cleavageMolecular dataMorphological charactersFossil taxaCladeEnough speciesTaxonomic proposalsAnatomical disparityAnimal relationshipsPhylaSpiraliaESTsCurrent knowledge
2005
Molecular Phylogenetics of the Siphonophora (Cnidaria), with Implications for the Evolution of Functional Specialization
Dunn C, Pugh P, Haddock S. Molecular Phylogenetics of the Siphonophora (Cnidaria), with Implications for the Evolution of Functional Specialization. Systematic Biology 2005, 54: 916-935. PMID: 16338764, DOI: 10.1080/10635150500354837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRibosomal RNA genesRNA genesNuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA geneLarge subunit ribosomal RNA geneFunctional specializationSmall subunit ribosomal RNA geneMitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA geneFree-living animalsMolecular phylogeneticsOutgroup taxaColonial hydrozoansParsimony reconstructionsMolecular dataBudding processMorphological dataTaxaFunctional typesSiphonophoresMajor groupsPhylogenyDeep seaMedusaeGenesLiving animalsScuba diving