MEGA11: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis version 11

K Tamura, G Stecher, S Kumar - Molecular biology and evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software has matured to
contain a large collection of methods and tools of computational molecular evolution. Here …

A molecular timescale for eukaryote evolution with implications for the origin of red algal-derived plastids

JFH Strassert, I Irisarri, TA Williams, F Burki - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
In modern oceans, eukaryotic phytoplankton is dominated by lineages with red algal-derived
plastids such as diatoms, dinoflagellates, and coccolithophores. Despite the ecological …

Postglacial adaptations enabled colonization and quasi-clonal dispersal of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in modern European large lakes

DK Ngugi, MM Salcher, AS Andrei, R Ghai, F Klotz… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) play a key role in the aquatic nitrogen cycle. Their
genetic diversity is viewed as the outcome of evolutionary processes that shaped ancestral …

Towards a genetic theory of island biogeography: Inferring processes from multidimensional community‐scale data

I Overcast, G Achaz, R Aguilée… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background MacArthur and Wilson's theory of island biogeography has been a
foundation for obtaining testable predictions from models of community assembly and for …

Ordovician origin and subsequent diversification of the brown algae

SW Choi, L Graf, JW Choi, J Jo, GH Boo, H Kawai… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Brown algae are the only group of heterokont protists exhibiting complex multicellularity.
Since their origin, brown algae have adapted to various marine habitats, evolving diverse …

[PDF][PDF] Modeling Substitution Rate Evolution across Lineages and Relaxing the Molecular Clock

B Mello, CG Schrago - Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Relaxing the molecular clock using models of how substitution rates change across lineages
has become essential for addressing evolutionary problems. The diversity of rate evolution …

Phylogenomic insights into the first multicellular streptophyte

MJ Bierenbroodspot, T Darienko, S de Vries… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Streptophytes are best known as the clade containing the teeming diversity of embryophytes
(land plants). 1, 2, 3, 4 Next to embryophytes are however a range of freshwater and …

Lifestyle transitions in fusarioid fungi are frequent and lack clear genomic signatures

R Hill, RJA Buggs, DT Vu, E Gaya - Molecular Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The fungal genus Fusarium (Ascomycota) includes well-known plant pathogens
that are implicated in diseases worldwide, and many of which have been genome …

The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes

PO Title, S Singhal, MC Grundler, GC Costa, RA Pyron… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Snakes and lizards (Squamata) represent a third of terrestrial vertebrates and exhibit
spectacular innovations in locomotion, feeding, and sensory processing. However, the …

Phylogenomic analyses of echinoid diversification prompt a re-evaluation of their fossil record

NM Koch, JR Thompson, AS Hiley, MF McCowin… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Echinoids are key components of modern marine ecosystems. Despite a remarkable fossil
record, the emergence of their crown group is documented by few specimens of unclear …