Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution
Bernhard Misof(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Shanlin Liu(BGI Group (China)), Karen Meusemann(Australian National Insect Collection), Ralph S. Peters(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Alexander Donath(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Christoph Mayer(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Paul B. Frandsen(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), Jessica L. Ware(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), Tomáš Flouri(Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies), Rolf G. Beutel(Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Oliver Niehuis(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Malte Petersen(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Fernando Izquierdo-Carrasco(Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies), Torsten Wappler(University of Bonn), Jes Rust(University of Bonn), Andre J. Aberer(Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies), Ulrike Aspöck(Natural History Museum Vienna), Horst Aspöck(Institut für Medizinische Biometrie, Informatik und Epidemiologie), Daniela Bartel(University of Vienna), Alexander Blanke(University of Tsukuba), Simon Berger(Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies), Alexander Böhm(University of Vienna), Thomas R. Buckley(Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research), Brett Calcott(Johns Hopkins University), Junqing Chen(BGI Group (China)), Frank Friedrich(Universität Hamburg), Makiko Fukui(Morpho (United States)), Mari Fujita(University of Tsukuba), Carola Greve(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Peter Grobe(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Shengchang Gu(BGI Group (China)), Ying Huang(BGI Group (China)), Lars S. Jermiin(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Akito Y. Kawahara(Florida Museum of Natural History), Lars Krogmann(Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart), Martin Kubiak(Universität Hamburg), Robert Lanfear(Australian National University), Harald Letsch(University of Vienna), Yiyuan Li(BGI Group (China)), Zhenyu Li(BGI Group (China)), Jiguang Li(BGI Group (China)), Haorong Lu(BGI Group (China)), Ryuichiro Machida(University of Tsukuba), Yuta Mashimo(University of Tsukuba), Pashalia Kapli(University of Crete), Duane D. McKenna(University of Memphis), Guanliang Meng(BGI Group (China)), Yasutaka Nakagaki(University of Tsukuba), José Luís Navarrete-Heredia(Universidad de Guadalajara), Michael Ott(Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities), Yanxiang Ou(BGI Group (China)), Günther Pass(University of Vienna), Lars Podsiadłowski(University of Bonn), Hans Pohl(Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Björn M. von Reumont(Natural History Museum), Kai Schütte(Museum am Rothenbaum), Kaoru Sekiya(University of Tsukuba), Shota Shimizu(University of Tsukuba), Adam Ślipiński(Australian National Insect Collection), Alexandros Stamatakis(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Wenhui Song(BGI Group (China)), Xu Su(BGI Group (China)), Nikolaus U. Szucsich(University of Vienna), Meihua Tan(BGI Group (China)), Xuemei Tan(BGI Group (China)), Min Tang(BGI Group (China)), Jingbo Tang(BGI Group (China)), Gerald Timelthaler(University of Vienna), Shigekazu Tomizuka(University of Tsukuba), Michelle Trautwein(California Academy of Sciences), Xiaoli Tong(South China Agricultural University), Toshiki Uchifune(University of Tsukuba), Manfred Walzl(University of Vienna), Brian M. Wiegmann(North Carolina State University), Jeanne Wilbrandt(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Benjamin Wipfler(Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Thomas K. F. Wong(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Qiong Wu(BGI Group (China)), Gengxiong Wu(BGI Group (China)), Yinlong Xie(BGI Group (China)), Shenzhou Yang(BGI Group (China)), Qing Yang(BGI Group (China)), David K. Yeates(Australian National Insect Collection), Kazunori Yoshizawa(Hokkaido University), Qing Zhang(BGI Group (China)), Rui Zhang(BGI Group (China)), Wenwei Zhang(BGI Group (China)), Yunhui Zhang(BGI Group (China)), Jing Zhao(BGI Group (China)), Chengran Zhou(BGI Group (China)), Lili Zhou(BGI Group (China)), Tanja Ziesmann(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig), Shijie Zou(BGI Group (China)), Yingrui Li(BGI Group (China)), Xun Xu(BGI Group (China)), Yong Zhang(BGI Group (China)), Huanming Yang(BGI Group (China)), Jian Wang(BGI Group (China)), Jun Wang(BGI Group (China)), Karl M. Kjer(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), Xin Zhou(BGI Group (China))
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Abstract
Insects are the most speciose group of animals, but the phylogenetic relationships of many major lineages remain unresolved. We inferred the phylogeny of insects from 1478 protein-coding genes. Phylogenomic analyses of nucleotide and amino acid sequences, with site-specific nucleotide or domain-specific amino acid substitution models, produced statistically robust and congruent results resolving previously controversial phylogenetic relations hips. We dated the origin of insects to the Early Ordovician [~479 million years ago (Ma)], of insect flight to the Early Devonian (~406 Ma), of major extant lineages to the Mississippian (~345 Ma), and the major diversification of holometabolous insects to the Early Cretaceous. Our phylogenomic study provides a comprehensive reliable scaffold for future comparative analyses of evolutionary innovations among insects.
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