Date of this Version
12-11-2014
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Bivalves are an ancient and ubiquitous group of aquatic invertebrates with an estimated 10 000?20 000 living species. They are economically significant as a human food source, and ecologically important given their biomass and effects on communities. Their phylogenetic relationships have been studied for decades, and their unparalleled fossil record extends from the Cambrian to the Recent. Nevertheless, a robustly supported phylogeny of the deepest nodes, needed to fully exploit the bivalves as a model for testing macroevolutionary theories, is lacking. Here, we present the first phylogenomic approach for this important group of molluscs, including novel transcriptomic data for 31 bivalves obtained through an RNA-seq approach, and analyse these data with published genomes and transcriptomes of other bivalves plus outgroups. Our results provide a well-resolved, robust phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia with all major lineages delineated, addressing long-standing questions about the monophyly of Protobranchia and Heterodonta, and resolving the position of particular groups such as Palaeoheterodonta, Archiheterodonta and Anomalodesmata. This now fully resolved backbone demonstrates that genomic approaches using hundreds of genes are feasible for resolving phylogenetic questions in bivalves and other animals.
Originally Published In
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
PMID
25589608
DOI
10.1098/rspb.2014.2332
Recommended Citation
Gonzàlez, Vanessa L.; Andrade, Sonia C. S.; Bieler, Rudiger; Collins, Timothy M.; Dunn, Casey W.; Mikkelsen, Paula M.; Taylor, John D.; and Giribet, Gonzalo, "A phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia: an RNA-seq approach" (2014). All Faculty. 75.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/all_faculty/75
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