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Advances in bioinformatic approaches to tardigrade phylogeny
Ahmet Arıhan Erözden1, Nalan Tavsanli1, Mahmut Çalışkan2
1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, İstanbul University, Vezneciler, İstanbul 34134, Turkey; Biotechnology Program, Biology Department, Institute of Graduate Studies in Sciences, İstanbul University, Vezneciler, İstanbul 34134, Turkey.
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The quest to discover the evolutionary relationships of organisms is an evolving, long-time topic of research. Such research gave rise to many different taxonomic databases and various definitions of systematic groups. One such group is the phylum Tardigrada. Tardigrades are an important field of study because of their biotechnological potential as well as their complex biological processes, which have the potential to answer questions about animal evolution. The evolutionary relationships within the phyla are subject to rigorous research, and new data is added to the literature constantly. For these studies, a widespread technique is the use of bioinformatic approaches in order to put forward concrete phylogenetic evidence. Bioinformatics is a field of computational biology that interprets large amounts of data in order to compute and demonstrate results. It is widely used not only for phylogeny but also for various different types of analyses and has been growing as a field since its foundation. This review discusses the different aspects, advantages, and methods of the use of bioinformatics in tardigrade phylogeny. It aims to put forward a defining picture of how the bioinformatic methods prove useful for providing phylogenetic results and elaborate on future perspectives.
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