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Regardless, a number of bacteria possess arsC genes that are inconsistent with established phylogenies, and HGT events are one possible explanation.
The traditional view is that arthropods are more closely related to annelids than to nematodes, but some recent molecular phylogenies place nematodes and arthropods together in a high-level taxon named Ecdysozoa, which does not include annelids [ 24 25 ] . Other molecular studies give conflicting results [ 26 27 ] . Regardless of the evolutionary relationship between Nematoda and Arthropoda, C. elegans and Drosophila remain useful and valid models for our analyses, and the relationships shown in Figure 1are consistent with both hypotheses.
The second use of polytene chromosomes in evolutionary studies is as tracers of phylogeny [ 3 4 5 6 7 ] . This approach has resulted in important and detailed chromosomal phylogenies for several groups of flies in the genus Drosophila . Lists of species for which polytene chromosome maps have been produced are available [ 8 9 ] , and over 300 species of Drosophila have been examined at this level.
Although this result is reassuring, there are still some areas of the phylogenies of the four species groups examined here that are not congruent.
In particular, extensive chromosomal phylogenies for flies in the picture wing [ 4 ] , melanogaster [ 5 ] , virilis [ 6 ] , and repleta [ 7 ] species groups exist.