Do diversification rates and molecular evolution covary? Maybe, maybe not, but it’s surprising how much falls into place if we assume they do doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
My dispatch on early echinoderms (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Some more shenanigans on the Ctenophora Porifera debate from @rcply.bsky.social academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
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Fossil material of echinoderms from the Cambrian of Morocco suggests a novel reconstruction of early echinoderm evolution and ties in with recent adva…
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Abstract. Shared fusions between ancestral chromosomal linkage groups have previously been used to support phylogenetic groupings, notably sponges with cni
Abstract. A relationship between the rate of molecular change and diversification has long been discussed, on both theoretical and empirical grounds. Howev
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Max Telford
Richard Mann
The Tree of Life available as a paperback today. bit.ly/41Mq7jp
Breezy, scholarly, whimsical, rigorous + companionable guide to our family history. TLS
Erudite, highly informed, frequently amusing.. compelling + memorable. Science
Enjoyable + ambitious. An exhilarating cartographic journey. WSJ
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Job in Uppsala Earth sciences! (Palaeo welcome!)
Max Telford
Assistant Professor in Earth Sciences specialising in Dynamics of Earth Systems, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
After nearly twenty years in the making, our attempt at understanding what makes the chaetognath phylum so unique has finally been published! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
with #LauraPiovani @dariagavr.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social @chemamd.bsky.social and others /1
@rcply.bsky.social argues that phylogenetic inferences in sponge–ctenophore–bilaterian relationships based on shared chromosomal rearrangements suffer from insufficient statistical support.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf321
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Genomic, single-cell transcriptomic and epigenetic analyses show that chaetognaths, following extensive gene loss in the gnathiferan lineage, relied on newly evolved genes and lineage-specific tandem ...
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Abstract. Shared fusions between ancestral chromosomal linkage groups have previously been used to support phylogenetic groupings, notably sponges with cni
I’ve written something for The Conversation on a fascinating recent paper by @grahbudd.bsky.social and @richardpmann.bsky.social on problems with molecular clocks. academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
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Molecular Biology and Evolution
My book 'The Tree of Life' is published in the USA and Canada today.
Available as book, on kindle and as audio.
I would be really grateful for reposts.
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Ferdinand Marlétaz
Scientists have long been confused about ‘missing’ animal fossils.
