Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki
The evolutionary origins of Bilateria remain enigmatic. One of the more enduring proposals highlights similarities between a cnidarian-like planula larva and simple acoel-like flatworms. This idea is based in part on the view of the Xenacoelomorpha as an outgroup to all other bilaterians which are t...
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eLife Sciences Publications
2024
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| author | Schiffer, PH Natsidis, P Leite, DJ Robertson, HE Lapraz, F Marlétaz, F Fromm, B Baudry, L Simpson, F Høye, E Zakrzewski, AC Kapli, P Hoff, KJ Müller, S Marbouty, M Marlow, H Copley, RR Koszul, R Sarkies, P Telford, MJ |
| author_facet | Schiffer, PH Natsidis, P Leite, DJ Robertson, HE Lapraz, F Marlétaz, F Fromm, B Baudry, L Simpson, F Høye, E Zakrzewski, AC Kapli, P Hoff, KJ Müller, S Marbouty, M Marlow, H Copley, RR Koszul, R Sarkies, P Telford, MJ |
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| description | The evolutionary origins of Bilateria remain enigmatic. One of the more enduring proposals highlights similarities between a cnidarian-like planula larva and simple acoel-like flatworms. This idea is based in part on the view of the Xenacoelomorpha as an outgroup to all other bilaterians which are themselves designated the Nephrozoa (protostomes and deuterostomes). Genome data can provide important comparative data and help understand the evolution and biology of enigmatic species better. Here, we assemble and analyze the genome of the simple, marine xenacoelomorph Xenoturbella bocki, a key species for our understanding of early bilaterian evolution. Our highly contiguous genome assembly of X. bocki has a size of ~111 Mbp in 18 chromosome-like scaffolds, with repeat content and intron, exon, and intergenic space comparable to other bilaterian invertebrates. We find X. bocki to have a similar number of genes to other bilaterians and to have retained ancestral metazoan synteny. Key bilaterian signaling pathways are also largely complete and most bilaterian miRNAs are present. Overall, we conclude that X. bocki has a complex genome typical of bilaterians, which does not reflect the apparent simplicity of its body plan that has been so important to proposals that the Xenacoelomorpha are the simple sister group of the rest of the Bilateria. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:1ffd557c-dddc-4664-bb4a-1d1d1168979e2024-10-30T20:19:37ZInsights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bockiJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1ffd557c-dddc-4664-bb4a-1d1d1168979eEnglishJisc Publications RoutereLife Sciences Publications2024Schiffer, PHNatsidis, PLeite, DJRobertson, HELapraz, FMarlétaz, FFromm, BBaudry, LSimpson, FHøye, EZakrzewski, ACKapli, PHoff, KJMüller, SMarbouty, MMarlow, HCopley, RRKoszul, RSarkies, PTelford, MJThe evolutionary origins of Bilateria remain enigmatic. One of the more enduring proposals highlights similarities between a cnidarian-like planula larva and simple acoel-like flatworms. This idea is based in part on the view of the Xenacoelomorpha as an outgroup to all other bilaterians which are themselves designated the Nephrozoa (protostomes and deuterostomes). Genome data can provide important comparative data and help understand the evolution and biology of enigmatic species better. Here, we assemble and analyze the genome of the simple, marine xenacoelomorph Xenoturbella bocki, a key species for our understanding of early bilaterian evolution. Our highly contiguous genome assembly of X. bocki has a size of ~111 Mbp in 18 chromosome-like scaffolds, with repeat content and intron, exon, and intergenic space comparable to other bilaterian invertebrates. We find X. bocki to have a similar number of genes to other bilaterians and to have retained ancestral metazoan synteny. Key bilaterian signaling pathways are also largely complete and most bilaterian miRNAs are present. Overall, we conclude that X. bocki has a complex genome typical of bilaterians, which does not reflect the apparent simplicity of its body plan that has been so important to proposals that the Xenacoelomorpha are the simple sister group of the rest of the Bilateria. |
| spellingShingle | Schiffer, PH Natsidis, P Leite, DJ Robertson, HE Lapraz, F Marlétaz, F Fromm, B Baudry, L Simpson, F Høye, E Zakrzewski, AC Kapli, P Hoff, KJ Müller, S Marbouty, M Marlow, H Copley, RR Koszul, R Sarkies, P Telford, MJ Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki |
| title | Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki |
| title_full | Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki |
| title_fullStr | Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki |
| title_short | Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki |
| title_sort | insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm xenoturbella bocki |
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