Evolution: Divergent trajectories predate the origins of animals and fungi

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 32; no. 21; pp. R1242 - R1244
• Main Authors: Jirsová, Dagmar, Wideman, Jeremy G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 07.11.2022
• ISSN: 0960-9822; 1879-0445
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.09.047

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. 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.