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The phylogenetic position of Acoela as revealed by the complete mitochondrial genome of Symsagittifera roscoffensisAdina Mwinyi
Department of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 10:309. 2010....
The complete mitochondrial genome of the onychophoran Epiperipatus biolleyi reveals a unique transfer RNA set and provides further support for the ecdysozoa hypothesisLars Podsiadlowski
Institute of Biology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Mol Biol Evol 25:42-51. 2008....
The complete mitochondrial genome of Scutigerella causeyae (Myriapoda: Symphyla) and the phylogenetic position of SymphylaLars Podsiadlowski
AG Systematik und Evolution der Tiere, Institut fur Biologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 45:251-60. 2007..While the nucleotide dataset of eleven protein-coding genes gives weak support for an affinity to Chilopoda, this is not recovered with the corresponding amino acid dataset...
Phylogeny and mitochondrial gene order variation in Lophotrochozoa in the light of new mitogenomic data from NemerteaLars Podsiadlowski
Abteilung Evolutionsbiologie, Institut fur Evolutionsbiologie und Okologie, Universitat Bonn, Germany
BMC Genomics 10:364. 2009..g. Mollusca, Brachiozoa or Platyhelminthes. Mitochondrial genomes contributed well with sequence data and gene order characters to the deep metazoan phylogeny debate...
The mitochondrial genomes of Campodea fragilis and Campodea lubbocki (Hexapoda: Diplura): High genetic divergence in a morphologically uniform taxonL Podsiadlowski
Department of Animal Systematics and Evolution, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Gene 381:49-61. 2006..Although the two Campodea species are morphologically highly similar, their genetic divergence is larger than expected, suggesting a long evolutionary history, perhaps under stable ecological conditions...
The complete mitochondrial genome of the sea spider Nymphon gracile (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)Lars Podsiadlowski
Department of Animal Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Biology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Konigin Luise Str, 1 3, D 14195 Berlin, Germany
BMC Genomics 7:284. 2006..However, due to their aberrant morphology and to controversial results from molecular studies, their phylogenetic position is still under debate...
Erosion of phylogenetic signal in tunicate mitochondrial genomes on different levels of analysisThomas Stach
Institut fur Biologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Königin Luise Str 1 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 55:860-70. 2010..We therefore caution to rely on sequence analysis alone and recommend investigation into the signal content of molecular data sets in order to assess the strength of phylogenetic signal...
The complete mitochondrial genome of the common sea slater, Ligia oceanica (Crustacea, Isopoda) bears a novel gene order and unusual control region featuresFabian Kilpert
Department of Animal Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Biology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Konigin Luise Str, 1 3, D 14195 Berlin, Germany
BMC Genomics 7:241. 2006..Ligia oceanica is a terrestrial isopod living at rocky seashores of the european North Sea and Atlantic coastlines...
Extensive duplication events account for multiple control regions and pseudo-genes in the mitochondrial genome of the velvet worm Metaperipatus inae (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae)Anke Braband
Institute of Biology, Comparative Zoology, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 57:293-300. 2010....
The first complete mitochondrial genome sequences of Amblypygi (Chelicerata: Arachnida) reveal conservation of the ancestral arthropod gene orderKathrin Fahrein
Department of Biology, Koenigin Luise Str 1 3, D 14195 Berlin, Germany
Genome 52:456-66. 2009..Phylogenetic analysis resulted in weak support for Uropygi being the sister group of Amblypygi...
Mitochondrial genome sequence and gene order of Sipunculus nudus give additional support for an inclusion of Sipuncula into AnnelidaAdina Mwinyi
Institut fur Zoologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
BMC Genomics 10:27. 2009..Sipuncula are unsegmented marine worms, traditionally placed in their own phylum. Recent molecular and morphological findings suggest a close affinity to the segmented Annelida...
The Australian fresh water isopod (Phreatoicidea: Isopoda) allows insights into the early mitogenomic evolution of isopodsFabian Kilpert
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, D 53121 Bonn, Germany
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 5:36-44. 2010..14 and in other Isopoda the associated nucleotide bias is inversed to the state of other Malacostraca. This is a strong indication for an inversion of the control region that most likely evolved in the isopod ancestor...
The complete mitochondrial genome of Pseudocellus pearsei (Chelicerata: Ricinulei) and a comparison of mitochondrial gene rearrangements in ArachnidaKathrin Fahrein
Institut fur Biologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
BMC Genomics 8:386. 2007..Arachnid phylogeny is still highly debated and there is a lack of sufficient sequence data for many taxa. Ricinulei (hooded tickspiders) are a morphologically distinct clade of arachnids with uncertain phylogenetic affinities...
The mitochondrial genome of the onychophoran Opisthopatus cinctipes (Peripatopsidae) reflects the ancestral mitochondrial gene arrangement of Panarthropoda and EcdysozoaAnke Braband
Institute of Biology, Comparative Zoology, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 57:285-92. 2010..biolleyi is less suitable for phylogenetic analyses of Ecdysozoa using mitochondrial genomic data than the peripatopsid O. cinctipes...
The mitochondrial genome of the Japanese skeleton shrimp Caprella mutica (Amphipoda: Caprellidea) reveals a unique gene order and shared apomorphic translocations with GammarideaFabian Kilpert
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, D 53121, Bonn, Germany
Mitochondrial DNA 21:77-86. 2010..Nevertheless, each of the three available amphipod mitogenome sequences also bears unique rearrangements. C. mutica, however, shows the most extensive rearrangement in comparison with the pancrustacean ground pattern...
Evolution of a core gene network for skeletogenesis in chordatesJochen Hecht
BCRT, Universitätsmedizin Charité, Berlin, Germany
PLoS Genet 4:e1000025. 2008..The similarities in expression patterns of Runt genes support the view that teeth and placoid scales evolved from a homologous developmental module...
Organization of the mitochondrial genome of mantis shrimp Pseudosquilla ciliata (Crustacea: Stomatopoda)Lars Podsiadlowski
Institute of Biology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Königin Luise Strasse 1 3, Berlin D 14195, Germany
Mar Biotechnol (NY) 7:618-24. 2005..Pancrustacean relationships based on mitogenomic data were analyzed and are discussed in relation to crustacean and hexapod monophyly and hexapod affinities to crustacean subtaxa...
The complete mitochondrial genome of the orbiniid polychaete Orbinia latreillii (Annelida, Orbiniidae)--A novel gene order for Annelida and implications for annelid phylogenyChristoph Bleidorn
Free University Berlin, Institute for Biology, Zoology, Animal Systematics and Evolution, Koenigin Luise Str 1 3, D 14195 Berlin, Germany
Gene 370:96-103. 2006..Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequence data and amino acid data support an inclusion of Sipuncula within Annelida and a closer relationship to orbiniids is recovered for this taxon...
Major rearrangements characterize the mitochondrial genome of the isopod Idotea baltica (Crustacea: Peracarida)Lars Podsiadlowski
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Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:893-9. 2006
Cloning and expression of gallerimycin, an antifungal peptide expressed in immune response of greater wax moth larvae, Galleria mellonellaBerit Schuhmann
, , Germany
Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 53:125-33. 2003..The recombinant peptide was active against the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, but not against yeast, gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria...
Mitochondrial genome and nuclear sequence data support myzostomida as part of the annelid radiationChristoph Bleidorn
Unit of Evolutionary Biology Systematic Zoology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam Golm, Germany
Mol Biol Evol 24:1690-701. 2007..Using Bayes factor comparison, alternative hypotheses are shown to lack support. Thus, myzostomids probably evolved from a segmented ancestor and gained a derived anatomy during their long evolutionary history as echinoderm symbionts...
A comparison of the mitochondrial genomes from two families of Solifugae (Arthropoda: Chelicerata): Eremobatidae and AmmotrechidaeSusan E Masta
Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Gene 417:35-42. 2008..Thus, despite several gene rearrangements and duplications, these data indicate a remarkable degree of evolutionary stasis...
Cloning and expression of an inhibitor of microbial metalloproteinases from insects contributing to innate immunityAnja Clermont
Institute of Pathology, Benjamin Franklin Hospital, Free University of Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
Biochem J 382:315-22. 2004..mellonella humoral immune response to inactivate pathogen-associated thermolysin-like metalloproteinases...
