2014
Animal Phylogeny and Its Evolutionary Implications
Dunn C, Giribet G, Edgecombe G, Hejnol A. Animal Phylogeny and Its Evolutionary Implications. Annual Review Of Ecology Evolution And Systematics 2014, 45: 1-25. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimal phylogenyAnimal treeEvolution of developmentEvolutionary radiationEvolutionary implicationsMore homoplasyFossil recordPhylogenySpiraliaDeep branchLate NeoproterozoicEarly CambrianRemarkable patternAnimal relationshipsAlternative hypothesisTreesXenacoelomorphaBilateriaEcdysozoaMonophylyProtostomiaGenomeHomoplasyRecent progressNervous system
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
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