The hidden biology of sponges and ctenophores
Animal evolution is often presented as a march toward complexity, with different living
animal groups each representing grades of organization that arose through the progressive …
animal groups each representing grades of organization that arose through the progressive …
Independent origins of neurons and synapses: insights from ctenophores
LL Moroz, AB Kohn - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
There is more than one way to develop neuronal complexity, and animals frequently use
different molecular toolkits to achieve similar functional outcomes. Genomics and …
different molecular toolkits to achieve similar functional outcomes. Genomics and …
AlphaFold predictions are valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace experimental structure determination
Artificial intelligence-based protein structure prediction methods such as AlphaFold have
revolutionized structural biology. The accuracies of these predictions vary, however, and …
revolutionized structural biology. The accuracies of these predictions vary, however, and …
RAxML-NG: a fast, scalable and user-friendly tool for maximum likelihood phylogenetic inference
Motivation Phylogenies are important for fundamental biological research, but also have
numerous applications in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine. Finding the optimal tree …
numerous applications in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine. Finding the optimal tree …
A large and consistent phylogenomic dataset supports sponges as the sister group to all other animals
Resolving the early diversification of animal lineages has proven difficult, even using
genome-scale datasets. Several phylogenomic studies have supported the classical …
genome-scale datasets. Several phylogenomic studies have supported the classical …
Contentious relationships in phylogenomic studies can be driven by a handful of genes
Phylogenomic studies have resolved countless branches of the tree of life, but remain
strongly contradictory on certain, contentious relationships. Here, we use a maximum …
strongly contradictory on certain, contentious relationships. Here, we use a maximum …
[HTML][HTML] AMAS: a fast tool for alignment manipulation and computing of summary statistics
ML Borowiec - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
The amount of data used in phylogenetics has grown explosively in the recent years and
many phylogenies are inferred with hundreds or even thousands of loci and many taxa …
many phylogenies are inferred with hundreds or even thousands of loci and many taxa …
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 …
Evidence for sponges as sister to all other animals from partitioned phylogenomics with mixture models and recoding
AK Redmond, A McLysaght - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Resolving the relationships between the major lineages in the animal tree of life is
necessary to understand the origin and evolution of key animal traits. Sponges …
necessary to understand the origin and evolution of key animal traits. Sponges …
Ctenophore relationships and their placement as the sister group to all other animals
Ctenophora, comprising approximately 200 described species, is an important lineage for
understanding metazoan evolution and is of great ecological and economic importance …
understanding metazoan evolution and is of great ecological and economic importance …