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Molluscan Phylogeny and Evolution Research
Phylogenomic
tools (the sequencing and analysis
of large genomic fractions of organisms
for phylogenetic analysis) have
emerged as a powerful means to elucidating
phylogenetic events that were difficult
to address using standard target-gene
approaches. Among the toughest phylogenetic
conundrums are the relationships
among the molluscan classes (aplacophorans,
chitons, monoplacophorans, cephalopods,
bivalves, gastropods and scaphopods).
In collaboration with
Casey
Dunn at Brown University
and
Nerida
Wilson at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
we will collect ESTs for a selected
number of molluscs in order to come
up with a well supported phylogeny
for the second largest animal phylum.
