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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Morphological phylogenetics in the genomic age |
Author: | Lee, M. Palci, A. |
Citation: | Current Biology, 2015; 25(19):R922-R929 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
ISSN: | 0960-9822 1879-0445 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Michael S.Y. Lee, Alessandro Palci |
Abstract: | Evolutionary trees underpin virtually all of biology, and the wealth of new genomic data has enabled us to reconstruct them with increasing detail and confidence. While phenotypic (typically morphological) traits are becoming less important in reconstructing evolutionary trees, they still serve vital and unique roles in phylogenetics, even for living taxa for which vast amounts of genetic information are available. Morphology remains a powerful independent source of evidence for testing molecular clades, and - through fossil phenotypes - the primary means for time-scaling phylogenies. Morphological phylogenetics is therefore vital for transforming undated molecular topologies into dated evolutionary trees. However, if morphology is to be employed to its full potential, biologists need to start scrutinising phenotypes in a more objective fashion, models of phenotypic evolution need to be improved, and approaches for analysing phenotypic traits and fossils together with genomic data need to be refined. |
Keywords: | Animals Genomics Phylogeny Phenotype Fossils Biological Evolution |
Description: | Review |
Rights: | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.009 |
Grant ID: | ARC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.009 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Genetics publications |
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