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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Grau-Bove X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5560861 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20170720
Which genomic innovations underpinned the origin of multicellular animals is still an open debate. Here, we investigate this question by reconstructing the genome architecture and gene family diversity of ancestral premetazoans, aiming to date the emergence of animal-like traits. Our comparative analysis involves genomes from animals and their closest unicellular relatives (the Holozoa), including four new genomes: three Ichthyosporea and <i>Corallochytrium limacisporum</i>. Here, we show that t ...[more]