Early metazoan origin and multiple losses of a novel clade of RIM pre-synaptic calcium channel scaffolding protein homologues
T. Piekut, Y. Y. Wong, S. E. Walker, C. L. Smith, J. Gauberg, A. N. Harracksingh, C. Lowden, H.-Y. M. Cheng, G. E. Spencer, A. Senatore
The paper identifies a novel clade of RIM proteins, traces its origin to early metazoans, and shows its loss in many lineages, with retention in placozoans and molluscs.
bioRxiv · Jan 14, 2020Evolutionary Biology