Interested in phylogeny and evolution of metazoans and related topics | Japanese
化石・現生問わず，後生動物（動物）の起源，初期（主にカンブリア紀以前）の系統・進化などに強い興味を持っています．形態系統学や分子系統学などにも関心があります．
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Wu et al. (2026-06, Nature Plants)
「化石と分子による分岐年代の統合解析により，被子植物はジュラ紀末期に起源したと推定される」
Integrated analysis of fossils and molecular divergence time estimates a latest Jurassic origin of angiosperms
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Wu et al. (2026-06, Nature Plants)
「化石と分子による分岐年代の統合解析により，被子植物はジュラ紀末期に起源したと推定される」
Integrated analysis of fossils and molecular divergence time estimates a latest Jurassic origin of angiosperms
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Fitzhugh (2026-06 preprint, Preprints)
Phylogenetic Inference via Ancestral State Reconstruction/Character Mapping is Logically Unsound Abductive Reasoning
www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
Li et al. (2026-06, Nature)
「近縁の単細胞生物が，凝集的な多細胞性を動物の起源と結びつける」
A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Mitchell & Manica (2026-06, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
「エディアカラン紀の初期の動物群集における，生殖様式が資源競争と多様性パターンに及ぼした影響」
The influence of reproductive mode on resource competition and diversity patterns in Ediacaran early animal communities
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The broader implication extends beyond flowering plants.
Many famous "rocks vs. clocks" debates may not require choosing sides. The challenge is finding better ways to let fossils and molecules speak to each other.
Link to our latest: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Latest from the lab: @ruolinwu.bsky.social integrates fossil and molecular evidence to estimate the timing of origin of flowering plants. Thanks to @sabifo4.bsky.social @jameswclark.bsky.social Yue Tong, Shan Wan, Davide Pisani, Harald Schneider and Daniele Silvestro for helping to make this happen
Our paper "Gene ancestries reveal diverse microbial associations during eukaryogenesis.” is finally out in Nature.
Eukaryogenesis was likely a gradual process shaped by multiple microbial partners and virus-mediated gene transfer, rather than a single binary symbiosis.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Using extensive fossil occurrence data and Bayesian Brownian Bridge modelling, this study derives data-driven calibration densities for molecular clocks and suggests a Late Jurassic origin of flowerin...
The broader implication extends beyond flowering plants.
Many famous "rocks vs. clocks" debates may not require choosing sides. The challenge is finding better ways to let fossils and molecules speak to each other.
Link to our latest: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Jurassic Gap shrinks dramatically.
Rather than fossils and molecular clocks being in fundamental conflict, they may have been talking past each other.
When fossil evidence is incorporated more comprehensively, the two records tell a much more consistent story of flowering plant evolution.
