Schultz DT, Haddock SHD, Bredeson JV, Green RE, Simakov O, Rokhsar DS.

Nature. 2023 May 17. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05936-6

Ancient gene linkages support ctenophores as sister to other animals.

Gene linkages found in all metazoans and single-celled outgroups are irreversibly merged (fusion followed by mixing) in Porifera, Cnidaria and Bilateria, supporting the idea that Ctenophora are sister to them.