Spider‐specific probe set for ultraconserved elements offers new perspectives on the evolutionary history of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae)

Phylogenomic methods have proven useful for resolving deep nodes and recalcitrant groups in the spider tree of life. Across arachnids, transcriptomic approaches may generate thousands of loci, and target‐capture methods, using the previously designed arachnid‐specific probe set, can target a maximum of about 1,000 loci. Here, we develop a specialized target‐capture probe set for spiders that contains over 2,000 ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and...