Parasitism and locomotory capacity calibrate the mitogenomic evolutionary rates in Bilateria
I. Jakovlic, H. Zou, T. Ye, H. Zhang, X. Liu, X. Chuan-Yu, G. Wang, D. Zhang
The paper examines mitogenomic evolutionary rates in Bilateria, finding that parasitism and reduced locomotory capacity are associated with elevated rates, explaining a significant portion of variance in branch lengths.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology