fx dechaume-moncharmont<p>On the surface, this looks like <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/cladistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cladistic</span></a> nitpicking, but in reality it is a revolution in the tree of life. Because they lack neuromuscular cells, sponges were classically presented as the sister group to all metazoans. But the sister group could well be the ctenophores, which leads to two scenarios: either several independent evolutions of neuromuscular cells, or a deletion in the sponges.</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Phylogeny" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Phylogeny</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Ctenophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ctenophore</span></a></p><p>📄 Schultz et al (2023) Nature <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05936-6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-</span><span class="invisible">05936-6</span></a></p>