The Polypifer's Tale

A discussion of “The Polypifer’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. All pictures are from Google. “Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traits”: https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-018-1142-0 “Molecular phylogeny of Ceriantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) reveals non-monophyly of traditionally accepted families”: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/190/2/397/5669841?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false “Single-cell atavism reveals an ancient mechanism of cell type diversification in a sea anemone”: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36615-9 “The Fruit Fly’s Tale”: https://youtu.be/EOeTJlVGL98 “Symbionts of marine medusae and ctenophores”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250275223_Symbionts_of_marine_medusae_and_ctenophores Darwin’s Fossils: https://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Fossils-Collection-Shaped-Evolution/dp/158834617X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P2KFZP1FSFML&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iQ0rgW6OCCx7iOv0sQTCM4xBs_Y_TkzjafpG4OyJs3xc2f8yZZIphZxWJFdgSIRKYZwPKxy36NcHPfhb-SrhGaWAjbMKUZdCRnnfGDmV8okYrLpCcLiv8cDuw89lwqTZh-q0gDrlWB_1GCEOsAjieV1gt5WsiKg4JbHt7DjMKtnuGs4zCn44QZaZ1-mnZQd-0j92G6ksbTnpyFYqD0npry7AXf-5Zlz1CkhKRGufBxE.C_ZelBx_TTmMP2n3KHLvl25wxMew-dHcykSiap6GIrc&dib_tag=se&keywords=darwin%27s+fossils&qid=1747250888&sprefix=darwin%27s+fossils%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-1 “The Brine Shrimp’s Tale”: https://youtu.be/DOT3r6pHT-o “The Jellyfish’s Tale”: https://youtu.be/GJ7SNY0-MwE “The engine of the reef: photobiology of the coral–algal symbiosis”: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00422/full “Insights into the Coral Microbiome: Underpinning the Health and Resilience of Reef Ecosystems”: https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-micro-102215-095440 “Endozoicomonas genomes reveal functional adaptation and plasticity in bacterial strains symbiotically associated with diverse marine hosts”: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40579 “Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny”: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07275-x “Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMC): Proposed Mechanisms for Coral Health and Resilience”: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00341/full “Repeat bleaching of a central Pacific coral reef over the past six decades (1960–2016)”: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6224388/ “Potential and limits for rapid genetic adaptation to warming in a Great Barrier Reef coral”: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1007220 “Phylogenomics, Origin, and Diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)” https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/70/4/635/6122449 “Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time” https://www.faircloth-lab.org/assets/pdf/quattrini-et-al-2020-nature-eco-evo.pdf “Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics” https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735/7735 “The evolution of cnidarian stinging cells supports a Precambrian radiation of animal predators” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ede.12469