Chelicerate mites diverged from other arthropod lineages more than 400 million years ago
and subsequently developed specific and remarkable xenobiotic adaptations. The study of …

Mites are masters at attaching to larger animals, often insects, in a temporary symbiosis
called phoresy that allows these tiny animals to exploit patchy resources. In this article, we …

Understanding how complex traits, such as epithelia, nervous systems, muscles, or guts,
originated depends on a well-supported hypothesis about the phylogenetic relationships …

Horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura) are traditionally regarded as sister group to the clade of
terrestrial chelicerates (Arachnida). This hypothesis has been challenged by recent …

Abstract Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) comprise a taxonomically and morphologically
diverse suborder of about 10,000 described species, not including the hyporder Astigmata …

Background Environmental metagenomic analysis is typically accomplished by assigning
taxonomy and/or function from whole genome sequencing or 16S amplicon sequences …

Chelicerates are a diverse group of arthropods, represented by such forms as predatory
spiders and scorpions, parasitic ticks, humic detritivores, and marine sea spiders …

No species lives on earth forever. Knowing when and why species go extinct is crucial for a
complete understanding of the consequences of anthropogenic activity, and its impact on …

Over the last decade, molecular systematics has undergone a change of paradigm as high-
throughput sequencing now makes it possible to reconstruct evolutionary relationships …

Eriophyoid, or four-legged mites, represent a large and ancient radiation of exclusively
phytophagous organisms known from the Triassic (230 Mya). Hypothesizing phylogenetic …