Evolution: Divergent trajectories predate the origins of animals and fungi

Dagmar Jirsová, Jeremy G. Wideman

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Abstract

Animals, fungi, and their closest protist relatives comprise the clade Opisthokonta. Although they are comparatively closely related, animals and fungi have diverged greatly from one another. A new study demonstrates that the genomic features that are characteristic of animals and fungi arose even before the origin of these two kingdoms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)R1242-R1244
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume32
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 7 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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