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Christoph Bleidorn
Researcher at University of Göttingen
Publications - 127
Citations - 5042
Christoph Bleidorn is an academic researcher from University of Göttingen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Phylogenetic tree & Wolbachia. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 119 publications receiving 4205 citations. Previous affiliations of Christoph Bleidorn include Leipzig University & Spanish National Research Council.
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Phylogenomic analyses unravel annelid evolution
Torsten H. Struck,Christiane Paul,Natascha Hill,Stefanie Hartmann,Christoph Hösel,Michael Kube,Bernhard Lieb,Achim Meyer,Ralph Tiedemann,Günter Purschke,Christoph Bleidorn,Christoph Bleidorn +11 more
TL;DR: It is shown that phylogenomic analyses of 34 annelid taxa, using 47,953 amino acid positions, recovered a well-supported phylogeny with strong support for major splits and Ancestral character trait reconstructions indicate that these clades show adaptation to either an errant or a sedentary lifestyle.
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Annelid phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura
Torsten H. Struck,Torsten H. Struck,Nancy Schult,Tiffany Kusen,Emily Hickman,Christoph Bleidorn,Damhnait McHugh,Kenneth M. Halanych +7 more
TL;DR: Using multiple genes and explicit hypothesis testing, it is shown that Echiura, Siboglinidae, and Clitellata are derived annelid with polychaete sister taxa, and that Sipuncula should be included within annelids.
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Illuminating the Base of the Annelid Tree Using Transcriptomics
Anne Weigert,Conrad Helm,Matthias Meyer,Birgit Nickel,Detlev Arendt,Bernhard Hausdorf,Scott R. Santos,Kenneth M. Halanych,Günter Purschke,Christoph Bleidorn,Torsten H. Struck +10 more
TL;DR: This study based on transcriptomic data comprising 68,750-170,497 amino acid sites from 305 to 622 proteins resolves annelid relationships, including Chaetopteridae, Amphinomidae, Sipuncula, Oweniidae, and Magelonidae in the basal part of the tree.
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A comprehensive analysis of bilaterian mitochondrial genomes and phylogeny.
Matthias Bernt,Christoph Bleidorn,Anke Braband,Johannes Dambach,Alexander Donath,Guido Fritzsch,Anja Golombek,Heike Hadrys,Frank Jühling,Frank Jühling,Karen Meusemann,Martin Middendorf,Bernhard Misof,Marleen Perseke,Lars Podsiadlowski,Björn M. von Reumont,Bernd Schierwater,Martin Schlegel,Michael Schrödl,Sabrina Simon,Peter F. Stadler,Isabella Stöger,Torsten H. Struck +22 more
TL;DR: The most comprehensive analysis of bilaterian relationships based on mitochondrial genome data is presented, which failed to give support for many otherwise undisputed high-ranking taxa, like Mollusca, Hexapoda, Arthropoda, and suffer from extreme long branches of Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, and some other taxa.
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Platyzoan Paraphyly Based on Phylogenomic Data Supports a Noncoelomate Ancestry of Spiralia
Torsten H. Struck,Alexandra R. Wey-Fabrizius,Anja Golombek,Lars Hering,Anne Weigert,Christoph Bleidorn,Sabrina Klebow,Nataliia Iakovenko,Bernhard Hausdorf,Malte Petersen,Patrick Kück,Holger Herlyn,Thomas Hankeln +12 more
TL;DR: Platyzoan paraphyly suggests that the last common ancestor of Spiralia was a simple-bodied organism lacking coelomic cavities, segmentation, and complex brain structures, and that more complex animals such as annelids evolved from such a simply organized ancestor.