A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

Abstract Background Tunicates are the closest relatives of vertebrates and are widely used as models to study the evolutionary developmental biology of chordates. Their phylogeny, however, remains poorly understood, and to date, only the 18S rRNA nuclear gene and mitogenomes have been used to deline...

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Main Authors: Frédéric Delsuc, Hervé Philippe, Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Paul Simion, Marie-Ka Tilak, Xavier Turon, Susanna López-Legentil, Jacques Piette, Patrick Lemaire, Emmanuel J. P. Douzery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Tunicata
Thaliacea
Molecular dating
Transcriptomes
Phylogenomics
Evo-devo
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0499-2

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