The Tree of Life and a New Classification of Bony Fishes
George Washington University · University of Oklahoma · +12 more institutions
Abstract
The tree of life of fishes is in a state of flux because we still lack a comprehensive phylogeny that includes all major groups. The situation is most critical for a large clade of spiny-finned fishes, traditionally referred to as percomorphs, whose uncertain relationships have plagued ichthyologists for over a century. Most of what we know about the higher-level relationships among fish lineages has been based on morphology, but rapid influx of molecular studies is changing many established systematic concepts. We report a comprehensive molecular phylogeny for bony fishes that includes representatives of all major lineages. DNA sequence data for 21 molecular markers (one mitochondrial and 20 nuclear genes)…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 96.83
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- 100%
- References
- 114
Authors
24- RBRicardo Betancur‐RCorresponding
George Washington University
- RERichard E. Broughton
University of Oklahoma
- EOE. O. Wiley
University of Kansas
- KEKent E. Carpenter
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Dominion University College, Old Dominion University
- JAJ. Andrés López
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Topics & keywords
- Polyphyly
- Monophyly
- Phylogenetics
- Phylogenetic tree
- Biology
- Clade
- Tree of life (biology)
- Evolutionary biology
- Life below water
Funding
- AMAmerican Museum of Natural History
- UOUniversity of Oklahoma
- ASAmerican Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- LTLeverhulme TrustAward: RPG-2016-168
- RSRoyal Society
- RCRoyal College of Surgeons of England
- UOUniversity of Oxford
- ESEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- CAChinese Academy of Sciences
- LMLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- UUUppsala Universitet
- MNMuséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
- DFDirectorate for Biological Sciences
- WCWolfson College, University of Oxford