Independent innexin radiation shaped signaling in ctenophores.
J. Ortiz, Y. Bobkov, M. DeBiasse, D. G. Mitchell, A. Edgar, M. Q. Martindale, A. G. Moss, L. S. Babonis, J. F. Ryan
This study identifies and characterizes innexin genes in four ctenophore species, showing independent evolution of these channels and suggesting their presence in the last common ancestor of animals.
bioRxiv · Oct 11, 2022Evolutionary Biology