What Is an “Arachnid”? Consensus, Consilience, and Confirmation Bias in the Phylogenetics of Chelicerata

The basal phylogeny of Chelicerata is one of the opaquest parts of the animal Tree of Life, defying resolution despite application of thousands of loci and millions of sites. At the forefront of the debate over chelicerate relationships is the monophyly of Arachnida, which has been refuted by most a...

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Main Authors: Prashant P. Sharma, Jesús A. Ballesteros, Carlos E. Santibáñez-López
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: MDPI AG 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3d05b801c9294d65940fe538392b82a5
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