Chez Charles/ biblio/ Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica

Marc Fabregà-Torrus, Alfonso Ferrández-Roldán, Gaspar Sánchez-Serna, Beatriz Iralde Cárdenas, Cristian Cañestro

bioRxiv 2025.12.09.693291; doi: 10.64898/2025.12.09.693291

Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica

O. dioica lost the jaw/body wall myosin heavy chain and amplified the paraxial ones.