title: Of mites and millipedes: recent progress in resolving the base of the arthropod tree.
abstract: Deep-level arthropod phylogeny has been in a state of upheaval ever since the emergence of molecular tree reconstruction approaches. While a consensus has settled in that hexapods are more closely related to crustaceans than to myriapods, the phylogenetic position of the latter has remained a matter of debate. Mitochondrial, nuclear, and genome-scale studies have proposed rejecting the long-standing superclade Mandibulata, which unites myriapods with insects and crustaceans, in favor of a clade that unites myriapods with chelicerates and has become known as Paradoxapoda or Myriochelata. Here we discuss the progress, problems, and prospects of arriving at the final arthropod tree.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caravas
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedrich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny