Global patterns and rates of habitat transitions across the eukaryotic tree of life.

ABSTRACT: The successful colonization of new habitats has played a fundamental role during the evolution of life. Salinity is one of the strongest barriers for organisms to cross, which has resulted in the evolution of distinct marine and non-marine (including both freshwater and soil) communities. Although microbes represent by far the vast majority of eukaryote diversity, the role of the salt barrier in shaping the diversity across the eukaryotic tree is poorly known. Traditional views suggest rare and ancient marine/non-marine transitions but this view is being challenged by the discovery of several recently transitioned lineages. Here, we investigate habitat evolution across the tree of eukaryotes using a unique set of taxon-rich phylogenies inferred from a combination of long-read and short-rea

SUBMITTER: Jamy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9525238 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature