Molluscan mitochondrial genomes break the rules

F Ghiselli, A Gomes-dos-Santos… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The first animal mitochondrial genomes to be sequenced were of several vertebrates and
model organisms, and the consistency of genomic features found has led to a 'textbook …

Evolution of the mitochondrial genome of Metazoa as exemplified by comparison of congeneric species

C Gissi, F Iannelli, G Pesole - Heredity, 2008 - nature.com
The mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of Metazoa is a good model system for evolutionary
genomic studies and the availability of more than 1000 sequences provides an almost …

[图书][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1

WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Evolution of gastropod mitochondrial genome arrangements

C Grande, J Templado, R Zardoya - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2008 - Springer
Background Gastropod mitochondrial genomes exhibit an unusually great variety of gene
orders compared to other metazoan mitochondrial genome such as eg those of vertebrates …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative brain structure and visual processing in octopus from different habitats

WS Chung, ND Kurniawan, NJ Marshall - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Octopods are masters of camouflage and solve complex tasks, and their cognitive ability is
said to approach that of some small mammals. Despite intense interest and some research …

A multi-gene phylogeny of Cephalopoda supports convergent morphological evolution in association with multiple habitat shifts in the marine environment

AR Lindgren, MS Pankey, FG Hochberg… - BMC evolutionary …, 2012 - Springer
Background The marine environment is comprised of numerous divergent organisms living
under similar selective pressures, often resulting in the evolution of convergent structures …

Molecular mechanisms of extensive mitochondrial gene rearrangement in plethodontid salamanders

RL Mueller, JL Boore - Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Extensive gene rearrangement is reported in the mitochondrial genomes of lungless
salamanders (Plethodontidae). In each genome with a novel gene order, there is evidence …

New patellogastropod mitogenomes help counteracting long-branch attraction in the deep phylogeny of gastropod mollusks

JE Uribe, I Irisarri, J Templado, R Zardoya - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Long-branch attraction (LBA) is a well-known artifact in phylogenetic reconstruction. Sparse
taxon sampling and extreme heterogeneity of evolutionary rates among lineages generate …

Phylogeny, recombination, and mechanisms of stepwise mitochondrial genome reorganization in mantellid frogs from Madagascar

A Kurabayashi, M Sumida, H Yonekawa… - Molecular Biology …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
In Malagasy frogs of the family Mantellidae, the genus Mantella is known to possess highly
reorganized mitochondrial (mt) genomes with the following characteristics: 1) some …

Mitogenomics does not resolve deep molluscan relationships (yet?)

I Stöger, M Schrödl - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2013 - Elsevier
The origin of molluscs among lophotrochozoan metazoans is unresolved and interclass
relationships are contradictory between morphology-based, multi-locus, and recent …