A guide to carrying out a phylogenomic target sequence capture project

T Andermann, MF Torres Jiménez… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
High-throughput DNA sequencing techniques enable time-and cost-effective sequencing of
large portions of the genome. Instead of sequencing and annotating whole genomes, many …

Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics

CS McFadden, LP Van Ofwegen… - Bulletin of the Society of …, 2022 - bhacjournal.org
The anthozoan sub-class Octocorallia includes over 3500 nominal species of soft corals and
gorgonian sea fans, many of which serve as critical foundation species in benthic marine …

Understanding UCEs: a comprehensive primer on using ultraconserved elements for arthropod phylogenomics

YM Zhang, JL Williams, A Lucky - Insect Systematics and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Targeted enrichment of ultraconserved elements (UCEs) has emerged as a promising tool
for inferring evolutionary history in many taxa, with utility ranging from phylogenetic and …

A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the 'Acropora tenuis' (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex

TCL Bridge, PF Cowman, AM Quattrini… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Molecular phylogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the taxonomy,
systematics and biogeography of corals. Recently developed phylogenomic techniques …

Phylogenomics, origin, and diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)

CS McFadden, AM Quattrini, MR Brugler… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Anthozoan cnidarians (corals and sea anemones) include some of the world's most
important foundation species, capable of building massive reef complexes that support …

Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time

AM Quattrini, E Rodríguez, BC Faircloth… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Identifying how past environmental conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their
skeletal traits provides a framework for predicting their persistence and that of their non …

Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traits

E Kayal, B Bentlage, M Sabrina Pankey… - BMC evolutionary …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background The phylogeny of Cnidaria has been a source of debate for decades,
during which nearly all-possible relationships among the major lineages have been …

[HTML][HTML] Combining transcriptomes and ultraconserved elements to illuminate the phylogeny of Apidae

S Bossert, EA Murray, EAB Almeida, SG Brady… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Two increasingly popular approaches to reconstruct the Tree of Life involve whole
transcriptome sequencing and the target capture of ultraconserved elements (UCEs). Both …

Sequence capture phylogenomics of historical ethanol‐preserved museum specimens: Unlocking the rest of the vault

S Derkarabetian, LR Benavides… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Natural history collections play a crucial role in biodiversity research, and museum
specimens are increasingly being incorporated into modern genetics‐based studies …

An enhanced target-enrichment bait set for Hexacorallia provides phylogenomic resolution of the staghorn corals (Acroporidae) and close relatives

PF Cowman, AM Quattrini, TCL Bridge… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Targeted enrichment of genomic DNA can profoundly increase the phylogenetic resolution
of clades and inform taxonomy. Here, we redesign a custom bait set previously developed …