However, this outcome is both inconsistent with a morphologically-based study [ 38] and with the most comprehensive taxa-sampling study of Nymphalidae [ 31], in which Libytheinae emerges as sister to the other nymphalids.
A total of 69 taxa (comprehensive of both megabenthos and ichthyofauna) were identified from the analysis of videos, photos and dredged material (Table 1).
We further successfully tested the utility of this primer set on a comprehensive set of taxa from all major eukaryotic groups as well as archival specimens.
Thus, although examining other small mammal species might identify additional reservoirs as important, we do not expect the analysis of a more comprehensive set of taxa to invalidate our findings about the importance of rope squirrels in Sankuru.
To further investigate the evolutionary ancestry of the gene fusion character, we calculated individual phylogenies for the three pterin biosynthesis domains with both comprehensive and reduced taxa alignment sampling.
Based on this most reliable knowledge in the field of paleobotany of Magnoliidae [ 36] and chrono-stratigraphy [ 39], combined with a comprehensive sample of taxa and molecular markers, our data support an origin of extant lineages of Magnoliidae (crown node of the group) during the Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous between 178.78 and 126.82 Myr.
To date, there are only four other ontologies (Table 1) [12]–[15] that treat arthropod anatomy, none of which is as comprehensive with respect to taxa or intended scope.
We use a comprehensive dataset of 15 taxa sampled in primary, secondary and plantation forests in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon to explore how occasional species affect estimates of conservation value.
For example, one recent study used DNAs from blood, tissues, feces and hair to achieve a very comprehensive sampling of gibbon taxa, but was necessarily limited to analysis of a small proportion of the mtDNA molecule and so not all inferences were supported with statistical confidence [4].
