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As the relationship between hexapods and crustaceans (Pancrustacea) is well accepted, the affinity of myriapods depends on the position of the outgroup. (A) Unrooted tree with two possible outgroup positions. (B) If the outgroup branches between Pancrustacea and myriapods + chelicerates the tree supports the Myriochelata hypothesis. (C) If the outgroup branches closer to Chelicerata the tree supports a monophyletic Mandibulata. Giribet and colleagues (Giribet et al., 2005) proposed a similar figure in which they also consider different position for the Pycnogonids (either basal to chelicerates or to arthropod).  

As the relationship between hexapods and crustaceans (Pancrustacea) is well accepted, the affinity of myriapods depends on the position of the outgroup. (A) Unrooted tree with two possible outgroup positions. (B) If the outgroup branches between Pancrustacea and myriapods + chelicerates the tree supports the Myriochelata hypothesis. (C) If the outgroup branches closer to Chelicerata the tree supports a monophyletic Mandibulata. Giribet and colleagues (Giribet et al., 2005) proposed a similar figure in which they also consider different position for the Pycnogonids (either basal to chelicerates or to arthropod).  

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The choice of an appropriate outgroup is a fundamental prerequisite when the difference between two conflicting phylogenetic hypotheses depends on the position of the root. This is the case for the myriapods that may group either with Pancrustacea forming a clade called Mandibulata, in accordance with morphological characters, or with chelicerates...

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... in particular the position of the myriapods rel- ative to other arthropod classes. As the sister group relationship be- tween crustaceans and hexapods is well accepted (with myriapods and chelicerates lying outside this 'pancrustacean' group) the ques- tion of the affinities of myriapods depends entirely on the position of the outgroup ( Fig. 1) and makes this problematic node an appropri- ate case for studying the effects of outgroup ...
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... the difference between the Mandibulata and Myriochelata trees lies simply in the position of the root of the tree ( Fig. 1) and furthermore, the signal is anticipated to be subtle, it is clear that the choice of outgroup may have a significant impact on phy- logeny estimation around this ...

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