@article {640636,
	title = {A phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia: an RNA-seq approach},
	journal = {Proc Biol Sci},
	volume = {282},
	number = {1801},
	year = {2015},
	note = {<p>Gonzalez, Vanessa LAndrade, Sonia C SBieler, RudigerCollins, Timothy MDunn, Casey WMikkelsen, Paula MTaylor, John DGiribet, GonzaloengResearch Support, U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Non-P.H.S.England2015/01/16 06:00Proc Biol Sci. 2015 Feb 22;282(1801):20142332. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2332.</p>},
	month = {Feb 22},
	pages = {20142332},
	abstract = {<p>Bivalves are an ancient and ubiquitous group of aquatic invertebrates with an estimated 10 000-20 000 living species. They are economically significant as a human food source, and ecologically important given their biomass and effects on communities. Their phylogenetic relationships have been studied for decades, and their unparalleled fossil record extends from the Cambrian to the Recent. Nevertheless, a robustly supported phylogeny of the deepest nodes, needed to fully exploit the bivalves as a model for testing macroevolutionary theories, is lacking. Here, we present the first phylogenomic approach for this important group of molluscs, including novel transcriptomic data for 31 bivalves obtained through an RNA-seq approach, and analyse these data with published genomes and transcriptomes of other bivalves plus outgroups. Our results provide a well-resolved, robust phylogenetic backbone for Bivalvia with all major lineages delineated, addressing long-standing questions about the monophyly of Protobranchia and Heterodonta, and resolving the position of particular groups such as Palaeoheterodonta, Archiheterodonta and Anomalodesmata. This now fully resolved backbone demonstrates that genomic approaches using hundreds of genes are feasible for resolving phylogenetic questions in bivalves and other animals.</p>},
	keywords = {bivalves, Mollusca, phylogenetics, phylogenomics},
	isbn = {1471-2954 (Electronic)0962-8452 (Linking)},
	author = {Gonzalez, V. L. and Andrade, S. C. and Bieler, R. and Collins, T. M. and Dunn, C. W. and Mikkelsen, P. M. and Taylor, J. D. and Giribet, G.}
}
