Evolutionary BiologyCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewed
Revised evolutionary relationships within Brachycera and the early origin of bicoid in flies
Peter O. Mulhair, Alessandro Pennati, Carlos Herrera-Úbeda, Peter W. H. Holland
The paper uses genomic data from 186 dipteran species to show bicoid exists in non-cyclorrhaphan flies and originated in the common ancestor of Bombyliidae, Asiloidea, and Eremoneura.