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Lingula anatina - living fossil genome decoded

Lingulid brachiopods, such as Lingula anatina, are regarded as one of the most primitive of brachiopods. Unlike clams and mussels, brachiopod shells are on the top and bottom of their bodies and rely on complex musculature to move the valves. OIST scientists decoded the genome from Lingula anatina and concluded that brachiopods are close relatives to molluscs, and more distant cousins to segmented worms. Although lingulid brachiopods had changed little in appearance since the Silurian period (443-419 million years ago), the Lingula genome has been evolving rapidly, contradicting the idea of a genuine “living fossil”. Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) The Lingula genome provides insights into brachiopod evolution and the origin of phosphate biomineralization Yi-Jyun Luo, Takeshi Takeuchi, Ryo Koyanagi, Lixy Yamada, Miyuki Kanda, Mariia Khalturina, Manabu Fujie, Shin-ichi Yamasaki, Kazuyoshi Endo & Noriyuki Satoh Nature Communications doi:10.1038/ncomms9301