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Occasionally, specimens of oribatid mites have abnormal asymmetric characters, e.g., regarding notogastral setation or the porose areas of the octotaxic system, similar to those in other more or less related taxa, or similar to those in ancestors. Exemplarily, anomalies in specimens of Scheloribatidae and Phenopelopidae are presented. A model is proposed involving chains of regulatory genes that explains evolutionary changes within branches of poronotic Oribatida as well as the notogastral anomalies discussed. This model may contribute towards a revised strategy for taxonomy and phylogenetical systematics.
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Weigmann, G. (2010). Anomalies of notogastral structures in poronotic oribatid mites (Oribatida: Poronota) interpreted as cryptic ancestral characters modulated by regulatory genes. In: Sabelis, M., Bruin, J. (eds) Trends in Acarology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9837-5_3
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