Convergent genomic trajectories shape adaptation to life on land across animal lineages
This project investigates the genomic mechanisms underlying independent terrestrialisation events across animal phyla. We combined large-scale comparative genomics, machine learning, and multi-omics data (including transcriptomics and proteomics) from 17 diverse invertebrate species spanning 7 animal phyla: Arenicola marina, Eisenia andrei, Hirudo medicinalis, Ligia oceanica, Porcellio laevis, Phorcus turbinatus, Physella acuta, Siphonaria pectinata, Theba pisana, Caenorhabditis elegans, Litoditis marina, Leptonemertes chalicophora, Tetrastemma longissimum, Tetrastemma melanocephalum, Peripatoides aurorbis, Obama nungara, and Schmidtea mediterranea. For each species, individuals were subjected to abiotic stress experiments relevant to terrestrial challenges, including visible light exposure, UVB exposure, hyperoxia, hypoxia, osmoregulation, and reception of chemical cues. This dataset provides a comprehensive resource for understanding the genomic basis of stress response across the animal tree of life in the context of the convergent transition to terrestrial life.
This project investigates the genomic mechanisms underlying independent terrestrialisation events across animal phyla. We combined large-scale comparative genomics, machine learning, and multi-omics data (including transcriptomics and proteomics) from 17 diverse invertebrate species spanning 7 animal phyla: Arenicola marina, Eisenia andrei, Hirudo medicinalis, Ligia oceanica, Porcellio laevis, Phorcus turbinatus, Physella acuta, Siphonaria pectinata, Theba pisana, Caenorhabditis elegans, Litoditis marina, Leptonemertes chalicophora, Tetrastemma longissimum, Tetrastemma melanocephalum, Peripatoides aurorbis, Obama nungara, and Schmidtea mediterranea. For each species, individuals were subjected to abiotic stress experiments relevant to terrestrial challenges, including visible light exposure, UVB exposure, hyperoxia, hypoxia, osmoregulation, and reception of chemical cues. This dataset provides a comprehensive resource for understanding the genomic basis of stress response across the animal tree of life in the context of the convergent transition to terrestrial life.
institute of evolutionary biology