Taxonomic sampling and rare genomic changes overcome long-branch attraction in the phylogenetic placement of pseudoscorpions
A. Z. Ontano, G. Gainett, S. Aharon, J. A. Ballesteros, L. R. Benavides, K. F. Corbett, E. Gavish-Regev, M. S. Harvey, S. Monsma, C. E. Santibanez-Lopez, E. V. Setton, J. T. Zehms, J. A. Zeh, D. W. Zeh, P. P. Sharma
This study resolves pseudoscorpion phylogenetic placement by overcoming long-branch attraction through increased taxonomic sampling and genomic analysis, placing pseudoscorpions as sister to scorpions within Arachnopulmonata.
bioRxiv · Nov 18, 2020Evolutionary Biology