Origin of animal multicellularity: precursors, causes, consequences—the choanoflagellate/sponge transition, neurogenesis and the Cambrian explosion
T Cavalier-Smith - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Evolving multicellularity is easy, especially in phototrophs and osmotrophs whose multicells
feed like unicells. Evolving animals was much harder and unique; probably only one …
feed like unicells. Evolving animals was much harder and unique; probably only one …
Improved modeling of compositional heterogeneity supports sponges as sister to all other animals
The relationships at the root of the animal tree have proven difficult to resolve, with the
current debate focusing on whether sponges (phylum Porifera) or comb jellies (phylum …
current debate focusing on whether sponges (phylum Porifera) or comb jellies (phylum …
Genomic data do not support comb jellies as the sister group to all other animals
Understanding how complex traits, such as epithelia, nervous systems, muscles, or guts,
originated depends on a well-supported hypothesis about the phylogenetic relationships …
originated depends on a well-supported hypothesis about the phylogenetic relationships …
Myosin heavy chain as a novel key modulator of striated muscle resting state
After years of intense research using structural, biological, and biochemical experimental
procedures, it is clear that myosin molecules are essential for striated muscle contraction …
procedures, it is clear that myosin molecules are essential for striated muscle contraction …
OMA standalone: orthology inference among public and custom genomes and transcriptomes
AM Altenhoff, J Levy, M Zarowiecki, B Tomiczek… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
Genomes and transcriptomes are now typically sequenced by individual laboratories but
analyzing them often remains challenging. One essential step in many analyses lies in …
analyzing them often remains challenging. One essential step in many analyses lies in …
The last common ancestor of most bilaterian animals possessed at least nine opsins
The opsin gene family encodes key proteins animals use to sense light and has expanded
dramatically as it originated early in animal evolution. Understanding the origins of opsin …
dramatically as it originated early in animal evolution. Understanding the origins of opsin …
Interacting-heads motif has been conserved as a mechanism of myosin II inhibition since before the origin of animals
Electron microscope studies have shown that the switched-off state of myosin II in muscle
involves intramolecular interaction between the two heads of myosin and between one head …
involves intramolecular interaction between the two heads of myosin and between one head …
Phylogenomic analyses recover a clade of large-bodied decapodiform cephalopods
FE Anderson, AR Lindgren - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2021 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic relationships among the squids and cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda:
Decapodiformes) have resisted clarification for decades, despite multiple analyses of …
Decapodiformes) have resisted clarification for decades, despite multiple analyses of …
Cambrian sessile, suspension feeding stem-group ctenophores and evolution of the comb jelly body plan
The origin of ctenophores (comb jellies) is obscured by their controversial phylogenetic
position, with recent phylogenomic analyses resolving either sponges or ctenophores as the …
position, with recent phylogenomic analyses resolving either sponges or ctenophores as the …
Systematic bias and the phylogeny of Coleoptera—A response to Cai et al.(2022) following the responses to Cai et al.(2020)
Systematic bias is one of the major phylogenetic issues arising over the last two decades.
Using methods designed to reduce compositional and rate heterogeneity, hence systematic …
Using methods designed to reduce compositional and rate heterogeneity, hence systematic …