A synthesis tree of the Copepoda: integrating phylogenetic and taxonomic data reveals multiple origins of parasitism

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Copepod phylogeny and synthesis tree

Transitions to parasitism

Discussion

Copepod phylogeny and synthesis tree

Transitions to parasitism

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Grafted phylogeny of only sampled taxa

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12034/supp-1

Grafted phylogeny including all sampled taxa and taxonomic data from OTT for all copepod species

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12034/supp-2

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

Keith A. Crandall is an Academic Editor for PeerJ.

Author Contributions

James P. Bernot conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Geoffrey A. Boxshall and Keith A Crandall conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

All phylogenies are available in the Open Tree of Life curatorial system: https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/curator/profile/jbernot/copepoda.

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology Program under Grant No. 2010898 to JPB. This work was also supported in part by funding from the Society of Systematic Biologists mini-ARTS award, the GWU Knowledge in Action Career Internship Fund, and the Smithsonian NMNH Reed Fellowship for Copepod Research to JPB. There was no additional external funding for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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