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Gene translocation links insects and crustaceans

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The evolutionary relationships among the four major lineages of arthropods remain controversial, despite extensive study. We report here a derived gene rearrangement common to insects and crustaceans but absent in the other arthropod groups. This finding strongly supports an insect-crustacean evolutionary lineage that is separate from those leading to myriapods and chelicerates.

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Figure 1: Relative location of the L(UUR) gene for 153 taxa.

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    Jeffrey L. Boore, Dennis V. Lavrov & Wesley M. Brown

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Boore, J., Lavrov, D. & Brown, W. Gene translocation links insects and crustaceans. Nature 392, 667–668 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/33577

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