Animal phylogeny: fatal attraction.
MPhylogenetic analyses of hundreds of genes from model animals have placed flies closer to vertebrates than to nematodes; recent work suggests this may be due to an artefact known as long branch attraction.
Telford
Maximilian J
MJ
Department of Biology, University College London, Darwin Building, UK.
Copley
Richard R
RR
D000818:Animals; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics*; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000235:genetics*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010802:Phylogeny; D012107:Research Design; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000235:genetics*