Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds
A. Del Cortona, C. J. Jackson, F. Bucchini, M. Van Bel, S. D'hondt, P. Skaloud, C. Delwiche, A. Knoll, J. Raven, H. Verbruggen, K. Vandepoele, O. De Clerck, F. Leliaert
This study uses phylogenomic analysis to determine the origin and diversification of green seaweeds, finding they originated in the late Tonian/Cryogenian and diversified during the Ordovician.
bioRxiv · Jun 12, 2019Evolutionary Biology