H. Philippe

The Marchantia pangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment

This study analyzes the pangenome of Marchantia polymorpha to identify genetic features involved in plant adaptation to terrestrial environments, finding shared and lineage-specific genes with flowering plants.

Plastic cell morphology changes during dispersal

The paper investigates morphological plasticity in dispersal strategies among Tetrahymena thermophila strains, finding that multiple plastic morphological changes influence cilia-dependent motility during dispersal.

Lower statistical support with larger datasets: insights from the Ochrophyta radiation

The paper shows that larger datasets do not always increase statistical support for phylogenetic relationships, as seen in Ochrophyta lineages, where nuclear datasets had lower support than plastid datasets despite being larger.

Lack of support for Deuterostomia prompts reinterpretation of the first Bilateria.

The paper reevaluates the monophyly of Deuterostomia using phylogenomic datasets, finding weak support and suggesting systematic errors may explain apparent support.

Transgenerational dispersal plasticity and its fitness consequences are under genetic control

This study investigates how genotype influences transgenerational plasticity of dispersal traits across 200 clonal generations in ciliates, showing stable inheritance and genotype-dependent fitness effects.

A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

The paper constructs a phylogenomic dataset for tunicates using transcriptomic data, revealing evolutionary relationships and divergence times among major tunicate clades.