Georg Mayer

TL;DR: These analyses demonstrate how large-scale comparative genomics can provide broad new insights into the genotype to phenotype map and generate testable hypotheses about the evolution of animal diversity.

TL;DR: A standardized characterization and an order-level comparison of arthropod TE repertoires, encompassing 62 insect and 11 outgroup species, shed light on common patterns and reveal lineage-specific differences in content and evolution of TEs in insects.

TL;DR: A time-calibrated molecular phylogeny of Onychophora (velvet worms), an ancient and exclusively terrestrial panarthropod group distributed throughout former Pangaean landmasses, demonstrates that trans-oceanic dispersal does not need be invoked to explain contemporary distributions, and reveals that the early diversification of the group pre-dates the break-up of Pangaea.

TL;DR: These findings provide, to the knowledge, first morphological/embryological support for the monophyly of the Paradoxopoda and suggest that the mandible might have evolved twice within the arthropods.