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Phylogeny Of Terrestrial Isopods Based On The Complete Mitochondrial Genomes, Subvert The Monophyly Of Oniscidea, Rui Zhang, Ruru Chen, Jianmei An, Carlos A. Santamaria
Phylogeny Of Terrestrial Isopods Based On The Complete Mitochondrial Genomes, Subvert The Monophyly Of Oniscidea, Rui Zhang, Ruru Chen, Jianmei An, Carlos A. Santamaria
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Background: Oniscidea is the only truly terrestrial taxon within the Crustacea, and vital to soil formation. However, the monophyly of suborder Oniscidea has been in dispute since 1995, with different studies disagreeing on whether the coastal Ligiidae are included within the suborder. To clarify the phylogenetic hypothesis of suborder Oniscidea, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of Ligia exotica (Roux, 1828) and Mongoloniscus sinensis (Dollfus, 1901).
Results: Like most metazoan, the complete mitogenomes of two species with circular double strands. The structure and characters of mitogenomes of these two species are analyzed. The constructed phylogenetic analyses show that Oniscidea is …