A New Bioinformatics Pipeline for Analyzing Hymenoptera Phylogeny
Author Information
Author(s): Peters Ralph S, Meyer Benjamin, Krogmann Lars, Borner Janus, Meusemann Karen, Schütte Kai, Niehuis Oliver, Misof Bernhard
Primary Institution: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
Hypothesis
Can a novel bioinformatics pipeline effectively analyze the phylogeny of Hymenoptera using public database sequences?
Conclusion
The bioinformatics pipeline developed allows for efficient phylogenetic analysis of Hymenoptera, revealing persistent problems in the tree and suggesting future research directions.
Supporting Evidence
- The pipeline processed over 120,000 sequences to analyze Hymenoptera phylogeny.
- Tree reconstruction revealed that 'Symphyta' is paraphyletic.
- Data coverage in the final dataset was only 1.55%.
Takeaway
The researchers created a new tool to help scientists study the family tree of insects like bees and wasps using lots of data from the internet.
Methodology
A bioinformatics pipeline was developed for downloading, formatting, filtering, and analyzing public sequence data from GenBank.
Limitations
Data coverage is low, and many relationships within Hymenoptera remain unresolved.
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