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Citation title: "More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs.".

Study name: "More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs.".

This study is part of submission 12742 (Status: Published).

Citation

Crawford N.G., Faircloth B.C., Mccormack J.E., Brumfield R., Winker K., & Glenn T.C. 2012. More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs. Biology Letters, : 1-4.

Authors

• Crawford N.G. (submitter) 6174603680
• Faircloth B.C. 310-415-7551
• Mccormack J.E.
• Brumfield R.
• Winker K.
• Glenn T.C.

Abstract

We present the first genomic-scale analysis addressing the phylogenetic position of turtles, using over 1000 loci from representatives of all major reptile lineages including tuatara. Previously, studies of morphological traits posi- tioned turtles either at the base of the reptile tree or with lizards, snakes and tuatara (lepido- saurs), whereas molecular analyses typically allied turtles with crocodiles and birds (archo- saurs). A recent analysis of shared microRNA families found that turtles are more closely related to lepidosaurs. To test this hypothesis with data from many single-copy nuclear loci dis- persed throughout the genome, we used sequence capture, high-throughput sequencing and pub- lished genomes to obtain sequences from 1145 ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and their vari- able flanking DNA. The resulting phylogeny provides overwhelming support for the hypothesis that turtles evolved from a common ancestor of birds and crocodilians, rejecting the hypothesized relationship between turtles and lepidosaurs.

Keywords

turtles; ultraconserved elements; phylogenomics; evolution; archosaurs

External links

• DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0331
• PMID: 22593086
• Other URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.75nv22qj

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• Canonical resource URI: http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S12742
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  		@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref20727,
  	 author = {Nicholas Geoffrey Crawford and Brant C Faircloth and John E McCormack and Robb T.  Brumfield and Kevin  Winker and Travis C Glenn},
  	 title = {More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs.},
  	 year = {2012},
  	 keywords = {turtles; ultraconserved elements; phylogenomics; evolution; archosaurs},
  	 doi = {10.1098/rsbl.2012.0331},
  	 url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.75nv22qj},
  	 pmid = {22593086},
  	 journal = {Biology Letters},
  	 volume = {},
  	 number = {},
  	 pages = {1--4},
  	 abstract = {We present the first genomic-scale analysis addressing the phylogenetic position of turtles, using over 1000 loci from representatives of all major reptile lineages including tuatara. Previously, studies of morphological traits posi- tioned turtles either at the base of the reptile tree or with lizards, snakes and tuatara (lepido- saurs), whereas molecular analyses typically allied turtles with crocodiles and birds (archo- saurs). A recent analysis of shared microRNA families found that turtles are more closely related to lepidosaurs. To test this hypothesis with data from many single-copy nuclear loci dis- persed throughout the genome, we used sequence capture, high-throughput sequencing and pub- lished genomes to obtain sequences from 1145 ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and their vari- able flanking DNA. The resulting phylogeny provides overwhelming support for the hypothesis that turtles evolved from a common ancestor of birds and crocodilians, rejecting the hypothesized relationship between turtles and lepidosaurs.}
  }
  		

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  AU  - Faircloth,Brant C
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  AU  - Brumfield,Robb T. 
  AU  - Winker,Kevin 
  AU  - Glenn,Travis C
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