How old are dragonflies and damselflies? Odonata (Insecta) transcriptomics resolve familial relationships
M. Kohli, H. Letsch, C. Greve, O. Bethoux, I. Deregnacourt, S. Liu, X. Zhou, A. Donath, C. Mayer, L. Podsiadlowski, R. Machida, O. Niehuis, J. Rust, T. Wappler, X. Yu, , J. Ware
This study uses transcriptomics to resolve the phylogenetic relationships of Odonata, finding monophyletic damselfly and dragonfly families and estimating their origins in the late Triassic.
bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology