A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology DOI Open Access
Zeyuan Chen, J. Antonio Baeza, Chong Chen

et al.

Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 387(6737), P. 1001 - 1007

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Extreme morphological disparity within Mollusca has long confounded efforts to reconstruct a stable backbone phylogeny for the phylum. Familiar molluscan groups—gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods—each represent diverse radiation with myriad morphological, ecological, behavioral adaptations. The phylum further encompasses many more unfamiliar experiments in animal body-plan evolution. In this work, we reconstructed living on basis of metazoan BUSCO (Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs) genes extracted from 77 (13 new) genomes, including multiple members all eight classes two high-quality genome assemblies monoplacophorans. Our analyses confirm proposed morphology show widespread genomic variation. flexibility likely explains both historic challenges their genomes evolutionary success.

Language: Английский

A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology DOI Open Access
Zeyuan Chen, J. Antonio Baeza, Chong Chen

et al.

Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 387(6737), P. 1001 - 1007

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Extreme morphological disparity within Mollusca has long confounded efforts to reconstruct a stable backbone phylogeny for the phylum. Familiar molluscan groups—gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods—each represent diverse radiation with myriad morphological, ecological, behavioral adaptations. The phylum further encompasses many more unfamiliar experiments in animal body-plan evolution. In this work, we reconstructed living on basis of metazoan BUSCO (Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs) genes extracted from 77 (13 new) genomes, including multiple members all eight classes two high-quality genome assemblies monoplacophorans. Our analyses confirm proposed morphology show widespread genomic variation. flexibility likely explains both historic challenges their genomes evolutionary success.

Language: Английский

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