Abstract 1 "The new animal phylogeny inferred from ribosomal genes some years ago has prompted a number of radical rearrangements of the traditional, morphology based metazoan tree. The two main bilaterian clades, Deuterostomia and Protostomia, find strong support, but the protostomes consist of two sister groups, EcdysOzoa and Lophotrochozoa, not seen in morphology based trees. Although widely accepted, not all recent molecular phylogenetic analyses have supported the tripartite structure of the new animal phylogeny. Furthermore, even if the small ribosomal subunit (SSU) based phylogeny is corect, there is a frustrating lack of resolution of relationships between the phyla that make up the three clades of this tree. To address this issue, we have assembled a dataset including a large number of aligned sequence positions as well as a broad sampling of metazoan phyla. Our dataset consists of sequence data from ribosomal and mitochondrial genes combined with new data from protein coding genes (5139 amino acid and 3524 nucleotide positions in total) from 37 representative taxa sampled across the Metazoa. Our data show strong support for the basic structure of the new animal phylogeny as well as for the Mandibulata including Myriapoda. We also provide some resolution within the Lophotrochozoa, where we confirm support for a monophyletic clade of Echiura, Sipuncula and Annelida and surprising evidence of a close relationship between Brachiopoda and Nemertea" (Bourlat et al., 2008). Abstract 2 "A new species of Primulaceae, Primula undulifolia, is described from the hilly area of Hunan province in south-central China. Its morphology and distributional range suggest that it is allied to P. kwangtungensis, both adapted to subtropical climate, having contiguous distribution and similar habitat, growing on shady and moist cliffs. Petioles, scapes and pedicels of them are densely covered with rusty multicellular hairs, but the new species can be easily distinguished by its smaller flowers and narrowly oblong leaves with undulate margins. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on four DNA markers (ITS, matK, trnL-F and rps16) confirmed the new species as an independent lineage and constitutes a main clade together with P. kwangtungensis, P. kweichouensis, P. wangii and P. hunanensis of Primula sect. Carolinella" (Xu et al., 2016).

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Read the research abstracts and answer the following questions. a) What is the objective of the study? b) What type/s of data were used in the study? c) What were the results? d) Did the researchers employ a combination of morphological and molecular data to determine evolutionary relationships of organisms?
Abstract 1
"The new animal phylogeny inferred from ribosomal genes some years ago has prompted a
number of radical rearrangements of the traditional, morphology based metazoan tree. The two
main bilaterian clades, Deuterostomia and Protostomia, find strong support, but the protostomes
consist of two sister groups, EedysOZoa and Lophotrochozoa, not seen in morphology based
trees. Although widely accepted, not all recent molecular phylogenetic analyses have supported
the tripartite structure of the new animal phylogeny. Furthermore, even if the small ribosomal
subunit (SSU) based phylogeny is corect, there is a frustrating lack of resolution of relationships
between the phyla that make up the three clades of this tree. To address this issue, we have
assembled a dataset including a large number of aligned sequence positions as well as a broad
sampling of metazoan phyla.
Our dataset consists of sequence data from ribosomal and mitochondrial genes combined with
new data from protein coding genes (5139 amino acid and 3524 nucleotide positions in total)
from 37 representative taxa sampled across the Metazoa. Our data show strong support for the
basic structure of the new animal phylogeny as well as for the Mandibulata including Myriapoda.
We also provide some resolution within the Lophotrochozoa, where we confirm support for a
monophyletic clade of Echiura, Sipuncula and Annelida and surprising evidence of a close
relationship between Brachiopoda and Nemertea" (Bourlat et al., 2008).
Abstract 2
"A new species of Primulaceae, Primula undulifolia, is described from the hilly area of Hunan
province in south-central China. Its morphology and distributional range suggest that it is allied
to P. kwangtungensis, both adapted to subtropical climate, having contiguous distribution and
similar habitat, growing on shady and moist cliffs. Petioles, scapes and pedicels of them are
densely covered with rusty multicellular hairs, but the new species can be easily distinguished by
its smaller flowers and narrowly oblong leaves with undulate margins. Molecular phylogenetic
analysis based on four DNA markers (ITS, matK, trnL-F and rps16) confirmed the new species
as an independent lineage and constitutes a main clade together with P. kwangtungensis, P.
kweichouensis, P. wangii and P. hunanensis of Primula sect. Carolinella" (Xu et al., 2016).
Transcribed Image Text:Abstract 1 "The new animal phylogeny inferred from ribosomal genes some years ago has prompted a number of radical rearrangements of the traditional, morphology based metazoan tree. The two main bilaterian clades, Deuterostomia and Protostomia, find strong support, but the protostomes consist of two sister groups, EedysOZoa and Lophotrochozoa, not seen in morphology based trees. Although widely accepted, not all recent molecular phylogenetic analyses have supported the tripartite structure of the new animal phylogeny. Furthermore, even if the small ribosomal subunit (SSU) based phylogeny is corect, there is a frustrating lack of resolution of relationships between the phyla that make up the three clades of this tree. To address this issue, we have assembled a dataset including a large number of aligned sequence positions as well as a broad sampling of metazoan phyla. Our dataset consists of sequence data from ribosomal and mitochondrial genes combined with new data from protein coding genes (5139 amino acid and 3524 nucleotide positions in total) from 37 representative taxa sampled across the Metazoa. Our data show strong support for the basic structure of the new animal phylogeny as well as for the Mandibulata including Myriapoda. We also provide some resolution within the Lophotrochozoa, where we confirm support for a monophyletic clade of Echiura, Sipuncula and Annelida and surprising evidence of a close relationship between Brachiopoda and Nemertea" (Bourlat et al., 2008). Abstract 2 "A new species of Primulaceae, Primula undulifolia, is described from the hilly area of Hunan province in south-central China. Its morphology and distributional range suggest that it is allied to P. kwangtungensis, both adapted to subtropical climate, having contiguous distribution and similar habitat, growing on shady and moist cliffs. Petioles, scapes and pedicels of them are densely covered with rusty multicellular hairs, but the new species can be easily distinguished by its smaller flowers and narrowly oblong leaves with undulate margins. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on four DNA markers (ITS, matK, trnL-F and rps16) confirmed the new species as an independent lineage and constitutes a main clade together with P. kwangtungensis, P. kweichouensis, P. wangii and P. hunanensis of Primula sect. Carolinella" (Xu et al., 2016).
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