Reply to Nakov et al.: Model choice requires biological insight when studying the ancestral habitat of photosynthetic eukaryotes

Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo¹, Giorgio Bianchini², John P Huelsenbeck³, John A Raven^{4

5}, Davide Pisani^{6

7}, Andrew H Knoll⁸

Affiliations

¹ School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, United Kingdom; p.sanchez-baracaldo@bristol.ac.uk.
² School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140.
⁴ Division of Plant Science, University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.
⁵ Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
⁶ School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, United Kingdom.
⁷ School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Comment

Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.

. 2017 Dec 12;114(50):E10608-E10609.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717417114. Epub 2017 Dec 5.

Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo¹, Giorgio Bianchini², John P Huelsenbeck³, John A Raven^{4

5}, Davide Pisani^{6

7}, Andrew H Knoll⁸

¹ School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, United Kingdom; p.sanchez-baracaldo@bristol.ac.uk.
² School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140.
⁴ Division of Plant Science, University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.
⁵ Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
⁶ School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, United Kingdom.
⁷ School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Early photosynthetic eukaryotes inhabited low-salinity habitats.
Sánchez-Baracaldo P, Raven JA, Pisani D, Knoll AH. Sánchez-Baracaldo P, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Sep 12;114(37):E7737-E7745. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620089114. Epub 2017 Aug 14. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 28808007 Free PMC article.
Models with unequal transition rates favor marine origins of Cyanobacteria and photosynthetic eukaryotes.
Nakov T, Boyko JD, Alverson AJ, Beaulieu JM. Nakov T, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Dec 12;114(50):E10606-E10607. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1716692114. Epub 2017 Dec 5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 29208725 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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