Giribet, G., Edgecombe, G. D. & Wheeler, W. C. Arthropod phylogeny based on eight molecular loci and morphology.
and multiple molecular pathways placed downstream.
We examined segregation in 364 polymorphic molecular loci (361 microsatellite loci, 3 allozymes) and one sex locus.
The internal structure of the Enoplida is consistent and supported by different analysis methods and data from multiple genetic loci; the resulting molecular phylogenies exhibit clear differences between past morphological classifications and have further refined the molecular framework first proposed by De Ley and Blaxter [ 8].
Even in the absence of significant single-locus marginal effects, multiple genetic loci from a number of molecular pathways may act synergistically and lead to disease phenotype when combined.
Molecular typing by multiple locus VNTR analysis (MLVA) over 16 loci can be used as a molecular epidemiology tool to assess brucellosis transmission patterns 10, 11.
However, many of the proposed interrelationships of gruiform, charadriiform, and ciconiiform taxa have not yet been explicitly tested in a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic framework with both evidence from multiple independent loci and comprehensive taxon sampling.
Hitherto, no phylogenetic analysis of all major eumalacostracan taxa (orders) has either combined evidence from multiple loci, or combined molecular and morphological evidence.
Bianco, V., Scialdone, A. & Nicodemi, M. Colocalization of multiple DNA loci: a physical mechanism.
Mayes, M. D. et al. Immunochip analysis identifies multiple susceptibility loci for systemic sclerosis.
