Genomic and Morphological Evidence Converge to Resolve the Enigma of Strepsiptera

Oliver Niehuis,1,3,9,* Gerrit Hartig,1,4,9 Sonja Grath,4,9 Hans Pohl,5 Jörg Lehmann,6 Hakim Tafer,6 Alexander Donath,1 Veiko Krauss,6 Carina Eisenhardt,7 Jana Hertel,6 Malte Petersen,1 Christoph Mayer,1 Karen Meusemann,1 Ralph S. Peters,2 Peter F. Stadler,6 Rolf G. Beutel,5 Erich Bornberg-Bauer,4 Duane D. McKenna,8 and Bernhard Misof1,* 1Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research 2Department Arthropoda Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, 53113 Bonn, Germany 3School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA 4Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Evolutionary Bioinformatics Group, University of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany 5Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology with Phyletisches Museum, University of Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany 6Institute of Computer Science, University of Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany 7Institute of Biology II, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany 8Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA

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