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Sandra Álvarez-Carretero

University of BristolORCID 0000-0002-9508-6286Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Independent origins of spicules reconcile palaeontological and molecular evidence of the evolutionary history of sponges

Maria Eleonora Rossi, Joseph N. Keating, Nathan James Kenny, Mattia Giacomelli, Sandra Álvarez-Carretero, Astrid Schuster, Paco Cárdenas, Sergio Taboada, Vasiliki Koutsouveli, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Ana Farrar Riesgo, Davide Pisani

The paper reconciles molecular and fossil evidence by showing sponges emerged in the early Ediacaran without spicules, which evolved independently multiple times later.

Science Advances · Jan 7, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology