2024
Cell type evolution reconstruction across species through cell phylogenies of single-cell RNA sequencing data
Mah J, Dunn C. Cell type evolution reconstruction across species through cell phylogenies of single-cell RNA sequencing data. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2024, 8: 325-338. PMID: 38182680, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02281-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSingle-cell datasetsCell typesSingle-cell RNA sequencing dataFundamental evolutionary questionsCell type evolutionSister cell typesGene expression dynamicsRNA sequencing dataSingle-cell dataEvolutionary relationshipsEvolutionary questionsEvolutionary historyEvolutionary biologyExpression dynamicsPhylogenetic methodsPhylogenetic charactersMarker genesPhylogenySequencing dataEye cellsCladeType evolutionSpeciesCellsNon-myelinating Schwann cells
2011
Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions
Edgecombe G, Giribet G, Dunn C, Hejnol A, Kristensen R, Neves R, Rouse G, Worsaae K, Sørensen M. Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 2011, 11: 151-172. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0044-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThousands of genesTarget gene approachSister-group relationBilaterian phylogenyBilaterian animalsPhylogenomic approachProtostome cladeMain cladesTaxonomic sampleSequencing projectsAcoelomorph flatwormsPhylogenetic analysisSister groupMultiple lociCladeProtostomesStable corePlacozoaBilateriansBilateriaDeuterostomesMetazoansSpiraliansPlatyzoaDeuterostomia
2009
Assembling the spiralian tree of life
Giribet G, Dunn C, Edgecombe G, Hejnol A, Martindale M, Rouse G. Assembling the spiralian tree of life. 2009, 52-64. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549429.003.0006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhylogenomic dataClade of animalsLarge-scale sequencingRecent common ancestorKey fossil taxaNew taxonomic proposalAnimal treeCharacter state combinationsAnimal phylaMajor cladesPhylogenetic relationshipsCommon ancestorSpiral cleavageMolecular dataMorphological charactersFossil taxaCladeEnough speciesTaxonomic proposalsAnatomical disparityAnimal relationshipsPhylaSpiraliaESTsCurrent knowledge
2008
Phylogenetics of Hydroidolina (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria)
Cartwright P, Evans N, Dunn C, Marques A, Miglietta M, Schuchert P, Collins A. Phylogenetics of Hydroidolina (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria). Marine Biodiversity Records 2008, 88: 1663-1672. DOI: 10.1017/s0025315408002257.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
A modern look at the Animal Tree of Life*
GIRIBET G, DUNN C, EDGECOMBE G, ROUSE G. A modern look at the Animal Tree of Life*. Zootaxa 2007, 1668 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimal treeExpressed Sequence TagsStudy of embryologyPhylogenomic approachBilaterian animalsAnimal diversityProtostome phylaNemertodermatid flatwormsSequence tagsPhylogenetic interrelationshipsLophophorate phylaConfocal laser scanning microscopyBasal positionMetazoan phylogeneticsMolecular biologyLaser scanning microscopyBilateriaCladePhylaMolecular focusScanning microscopyProtostomesTreesDeuterostomiaCnidarians