INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS. Response to Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution"

K M Kjer; J L Ware; J Rust; T Wappler; R Lanfear; L S Jermiin; X Zhou; H Aspöck; U Aspöck; R G Beutel; A Blanke; A Donath; T Flouri; P B Frandsen; P Kapli; A Y Kawahara; H Letsch; C Mayer; D D McKenna; K Meusemann; O Niehuis; R S Peters; B M Wiegmann; D K Yeates; B M von Reumont; A Stamatakis; B Misof

doi:10.1126/science.aaa7136

INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS. Response to Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution"

Science. 2015 Jul 31;349(6247):487. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa7136.

Authors

K M Kjer¹, J L Ware², J Rust³, T Wappler³, R Lanfear⁴, L S Jermiin⁵, X Zhou⁶, H Aspöck⁷, U Aspöck⁸, R G Beutel⁹, A Blanke¹⁰, A Donath¹¹, T Flouri¹², P B Frandsen¹³, P Kapli¹², A Y Kawahara¹⁴, H Letsch⁷, C Mayer¹¹, D D McKenna¹⁵, K Meusemann¹⁶, O Niehuis¹⁷, R S Peters¹¹, B M Wiegmann¹⁸, D K Yeates⁵, B M von Reumont¹⁹, A Stamatakis¹², B Misof²⁰

Affiliations

¹ University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
² Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
³ Universität Bonn, Germany.
⁴ Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
⁶ China National GeneBank, BGI-Shenzhen, China. BGI-Shenzhen, China.
⁷ Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.
⁸ Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria.
⁹ Phyletischem Museum Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
¹⁰ University of Tsukuba, Japan.
¹¹ Universität Bonn, Germany. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany.
¹² Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Heidelberg, Germany.
¹³ Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁴ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
¹⁵ University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
¹⁶ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany.
¹⁷ Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
¹⁸ North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
¹⁹ Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany. Natural History Museum London, London, UK.
²⁰ Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany. [email protected].

PMID: 26228138
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa7136

Abstract

Tong et al. comment on the accuracy of the dating analysis presented in our work on the phylogeny of insects and provide a reanalysis of our data. They replace log-normal priors with uniform priors and add a "roachoid" fossil as a calibration point. Although the reanalysis provides an interesting alternative viewpoint, we maintain that our choices were appropriate.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Insect Proteins / classification*
Insecta / classification*
Phylogeny*

Substances

Insect Proteins