Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms
LV Flórez, PHW Biedermann, T Engl… - Natural Product …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: through 2014 Many organisms team up with microbes for defense against
predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens. Here we review the described protective …
predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens. Here we review the described protective …
Animal phylogeny and its evolutionary implications
In recent years, scientists have made remarkable progress reconstructing the animal
phylogeny. There is broad agreement regarding many deep animal relationships, including …
phylogeny. There is broad agreement regarding many deep animal relationships, including …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems
The origins of neural systems remain unresolved. In contrast to other basal metazoans,
ctenophores (comb jellies) have both complex nervous and mesoderm-derived muscular …
ctenophores (comb jellies) have both complex nervous and mesoderm-derived muscular …
Phylogenomics, origin, and diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)
Anthozoan cnidarians (corals and sea anemones) include some of the world's most
important foundation species, capable of building massive reef complexes that support …
important foundation species, capable of building massive reef complexes that support …
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 …
Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling
Phylogenomics, the use of large-scale data matrices in phylogenetic analyses, has been
viewed as the ultimate solution to the problem of resolving difficult nodes in the tree of life …
viewed as the ultimate solution to the problem of resolving difficult nodes in the tree of life …