フィロゲノミクスは,深いモルルスカの関係を明らかにしています.
Kevin M Kocot1, Johanna T Cannon, Christiane Todt
1Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, 101 Rouse Life Sciences, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA. kmkocot@auburn.edu
Nature
|September 6, 2011
まとめ
軟骨類の進化史は,系統遺伝学データを用いて明確にされ,キトンとワームのような軟骨類がクラードを形成することを明らかにします. この研究はまた,胃類と双弁類のための新しい分類,プレイストモルスカを提案しています.
科学分野:
- * 動物学 動物学
- * 進化生物学について
- * 系統遺伝学について
背景:
- * 8つの主要な軟体動物系統の間の進化的関係は,ほとんど解明されていないままである.
- * 核リボソーム遺伝子または形態学を用いた以前の系統遺伝学研究は,堅固な関係を確立できませんでした.
- * 限られたゲノム資源は,軟体動物研究における系統遺伝学的なアプローチの適用を妨げています.
研究 の 目的:
- *モルラスカ族の進化の深い関係を解明する.
- *トランスクリプトミクスとゲノムデータを活用して,十分に支持された軟体動物の系統を復元する.
- * 新しい系統遺伝的枠組みを踏まえ,重要な形態学的特徴の進化を調査する.
主な方法:
- *主要なモルシュク系 (モノプラコフォラを除く) のトランスクリプトームとゲノムデータを用いた系統分析.
- * 復元された進化的関係に基づく形態学的特徴の比較分析.
主要な成果:
- *モルルスカ (Mollusca) のために,よく支持された系統遺伝的トポロジーが回復されました.
- * アキュリフェラ仮説に強い支持があり,ポリプラコフォラ (キトン) をモノフィレティックなアプラコフォラとグループ化している.
- *ガストロポダとビバルヴィアとの姉妹分類関係が特定され,新しいクラードプレイストモルスカの提案に至った.
結論:
- *この研究は,モルルスカの堅実な系統形成を図り,長年にわたる進化論上の疑問を解決する.
- *この発見は,アキュリフェラ群を裏付け,プレイストモルスカ (ガストロポダ + ビバルビア) を主要な系統として確立しています.
- * 証拠によると,高度な頭細胞化と貝殻の発達は,モルラスカの中で独立して複数回進化した可能性がある.
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