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+[[!meta title="An updated 18S rRNA phylogeny of tunicates based on mixture and secondary structure models."]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura evolution]]
+
+Tsagkogeorga G, Turon X, Hopcroft RR, Tilak MK, Feldstein T, Shenkar N, Loya Y, Huchon D, Douzery EJ, Delsuc F.
+
+BMC Evol Biol. 2009 Aug 5;9:187. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-187
+
+An updated 18S rRNA phylogeny of tunicates based on mixture and secondary structure models.
+
+[[!pmid 19656395 desc="Phylogenetic tree built with 18S rRNA sequences from 110 species including 4 Oikopleuridae places Oikopleuridae as sister group of Stolidobranchia. Nevertheless, it might be an artefact of AT-richness or long-branch attraction. Many other articles on the topic are cited in this paper."]]
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+[[!meta title="A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates."]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura evolution]]
+
+Delsuc F, Philippe H, Tsagkogeorga G, Simion P, Tilak MK, Turon X, López-Legentil S, Piette J, Lemaire P, Douzery EJP.
+
+BMC Biol. 2018 Apr 13;16(1):39. doi:10.1186/s12915-018-0499-2
+
+A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates.
+
+[[!pmid 29653534 desc="Phylogenetic tree based on 258 orthologous proteins from 63 species shows Oikopleura as a sister group of all other tunicates, with a split 447 ± 20 Mya ago. A long-branch attraction artefact can nevertheless not be excluded."]]
- Genoscope's genome browser: <http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/externe/GenomeBrowser/Oikopleura/>
- OikoBase: <http://oikoarrays.biology.uiowa.edu/Oiko/>
+
+Evolution
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+
+ - Based on 18S rRNA sequences from 110 species including 4 Oikopleuridae, this
+ clade is sister of Stolidobranchia (that is, not basal in Tunicates).
+ Stolidobranchia. Nevertheless, it might be an artefact of AT-richness or
+ long-branch attraction ([[Tsagkogeorga et al, 2009|biblio/19656395]]).
+ - Based on 258 orthologous proteins from 63 species, Oikopleuridae is basal to
+ all other tunicates ([[Delsuc et al., 2018|biblio/29653534]]).
+
+
Genome
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- ~80 "house proteins" have been identified and more than half lack similarity
to known proteins ([[Hosp et al., 2012|biblio/22792236]]).
+
Transcriptome
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