Molluscan mitochondrial genomes break the rules

F Ghiselli, A Gomes-dos-Santos… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The first animal mitochondrial genomes to be sequenced were of several vertebrates and
model organisms, and the consistency of genomic features found has led to a 'textbook …

The mitochondrial genome in nematode phylogenetics

EMA Kern, T Kim, JK Park - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades, great strides have been made using various kinds of data including
molecular sequences to clarify the phylogenetic relationships of nematodes. Although SSU …

Molecular evolution of a widely-adopted taxonomic marker (COI) across the animal tree of life

M Pentinsaari, H Salmela, M Mutanen, T Roslin - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
DNA barcodes are widely used for identification and discovery of species. While such use
draws on information at the DNA level, the current amassment of ca. 4.7 million COI …

The evolution of endoparasitism and complex life cycles in parasitic platyhelminths

J Brabec, ED Salomaki, M Kolísko, T Scholz, R Kuchta - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Within flatworms, the vast majority of parasitism is innate to Neodermata, the most derived
and diversified group of the phylum Platyhelminthes. 1, 2 The four major lineages of …

A transcriptomic-phylogenomic analysis of the evolutionary relationships of flatworms

B Egger, F Lapraz, B Tomiczek, S Müller, C Dessimoz… - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
The interrelationships of the flatworms (phylum Platyhelminthes) are poorly resolved despite
decades of morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies [1, 2]. The earliest-branching …

Development of primers for the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene in digenetic trematodes (Platyhelminthes) illustrates the challenge of barcoding parasitic …

A Moszczynska, SA Locke… - Molecular Ecology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The phylum Platyhelminthes is a diverse group of flatworms that includes parasites with
serious impacts on human health, animal husbandry, aquaculture and wildlife management …

Nuclear genomic signals of the 'microturbellarian'roots of platyhelminth evolutionary innovation

CE Laumer, A Hejnol, G Giribet - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Flatworms number among the most diverse invertebrate phyla and represent the most
biomedically significant branch of the major bilaterian clade Spiralia, but to date, deep …

Complete mitochondrial genomes of Taenia multiceps, T. hydatigena and T. pisiformis: additional molecular markers for a tapeworm genus of human and animal …

WZ Jia, HB Yan, AJ Guo, XQ Zhu, YC Wang, WG Shi… - BMC genomics, 2010 - Springer
Background Mitochondrial genomes provide a rich source of molecular variation of proven
and widespread utility in molecular ecology, population genetics and evolutionary biology …

Exploring evolutionary relationships within Neodermata using putative orthologous groups of proteins, with emphasis on peptidases

V Caña-Bozada, MW Robinson… - Tropical medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The phylogenetic relationships within Neodermata were examined based on putative
orthologous groups of proteins (OGPs) from 11 species of Monogenea, Trematoda, and …

The evolution of powerful yet perilous immune systems

AL Graham, EC Schrom, CJE Metcalf - Trends in immunology, 2022 - cell.com
The mammalian immune system packs serious punch against infection but can also cause
harm: for example, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) made headline news of the …