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A wide phylogenetic range of marine and terrestrial invertebrate species are used to address specific evolutionary hypotheses at both micro and macro evolutionary scales. Several groups make use of the tractability of Drosophilids to study major issues in molecular evolution and population genetics. Topics in life history and metazoan body plan evolution are addressed from both a paleontological and developmental perspective using phylogenetically key groups including molluscs, hemichordates, echinoderms, and arthropods.

Coyne, Feder, Jablonski, Kreitman, Long, Lowe, Ragsdale, Ruvinsky, Schmidt-Ott, Van Valen, Wagner, Wu