Scientists conduct first analysis of the evolution of genetic changes and their relationship with the development of animal diversity
Scientists conduct first analysis of the evolution of genetic changes and their relationship with the development of animal diversity
The study infers the genetic changes that coincided with the appearance of different groups of animals and their main traits.
Researchers at IRB Barcelona and BSC-CNS have confirmed that the dynamics of genomic evolution, in addition to the presence or absence of the genes themselves, determines diversity in the animal kingdom.
Published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the study has been based for the first time on the genomic data of all the large groups of animals.