It is widely accepted that biomineralized structures appeared independently in many metazoan clades during the Cambrian. How this occurred, and whether it involved the parallel co-option of a common set of biochemical and developmental pathways (i.e., a shared biomineralization "toolkit"), are questions that remain unanswered. Here, I provide evidence that horizontal gene transfer supported the evolution of biomineralization in some metazoans. I show that Msp130 proteins, first described as proteins expressed selectively by the biomineral-forming primary mesenchyme cells of the sea urchin embryo, have a much wider taxonomic distribution than was previously appreciated. Msp130 proteins are present in several invertebrate deuterostomes and in...
Extracted text; Background It is generally agreed that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is common in p...
International audienceThe subfamily GH13_1 of alpha-amylases is typical of Fungi, but it is also fou...
Microbial eukaryotes may extinguish much of their nuclear phylogenetic history due to endosymbiotic/...
<p>It is widely accepted that biomineralized structures appeared independently in many metazoan clad...
Msp130 genes are known for their association with biomineralisation, principally in echinoderm skele...
Background The synchronous and widespread adoption of the ability to biomineralize was a defining ev...
Biomineralization, the biologically controlled formation of mineral deposits, is of widespread impor...
AbstractBiomineralization, the biologically controlled formation of mineral deposits, is of widespre...
The transposition of parts of the mitochondrial (mt) genetic material into the nuclear genome (NUMTs...
Background: Brachiopods and molluscs are lophotrochozoans with hard external shells which are often ...
The geological record indicates that the major animal phyla began biomineralizing in a relatively s...
A sequestered germline in Metazoa has been argued to be an obstacle to lateral gene transfer (LGT), ...
Recent studies suggest that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays an important role in niche adaptati...
We know little about the genomic events that led to the advent of a multicellular grade of organizat...
We know little about the genomic events that led to the advent of a multicellular grade of organizat...
Extracted text; Background It is generally agreed that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is common in p...
International audienceThe subfamily GH13_1 of alpha-amylases is typical of Fungi, but it is also fou...
Microbial eukaryotes may extinguish much of their nuclear phylogenetic history due to endosymbiotic/...
<p>It is widely accepted that biomineralized structures appeared independently in many metazoan clad...
Msp130 genes are known for their association with biomineralisation, principally in echinoderm skele...
Background The synchronous and widespread adoption of the ability to biomineralize was a defining ev...
Biomineralization, the biologically controlled formation of mineral deposits, is of widespread impor...
AbstractBiomineralization, the biologically controlled formation of mineral deposits, is of widespre...
The transposition of parts of the mitochondrial (mt) genetic material into the nuclear genome (NUMTs...
Background: Brachiopods and molluscs are lophotrochozoans with hard external shells which are often ...
The geological record indicates that the major animal phyla began biomineralizing in a relatively s...
A sequestered germline in Metazoa has been argued to be an obstacle to lateral gene transfer (LGT), ...
Recent studies suggest that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays an important role in niche adaptati...
We know little about the genomic events that led to the advent of a multicellular grade of organizat...
We know little about the genomic events that led to the advent of a multicellular grade of organizat...
Extracted text; Background It is generally agreed that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is common in p...
International audienceThe subfamily GH13_1 of alpha-amylases is typical of Fungi, but it is also fou...
Microbial eukaryotes may extinguish much of their nuclear phylogenetic history due to endosymbiotic/...