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Enameloid-bound δ15N reveals large trophic separation among Late Cretaceous sharks in the northern Gulf of Mexico 搪瓷结合的δ15N揭示了墨西哥湾北部晚白垩世鲨鱼之间巨大的营养分化
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12585
Chelsea M. Comans, Sandi M. Smart, Emma R. Kast, YueHan Lu, Tina Lüdecke, Jennifer N. Leichliter, Daniel M. Sigman, Takehito Ikejiri, Alfredo Martínez-García
{"title":"Enameloid-bound δ15N reveals large trophic separation among Late Cretaceous sharks in the northern Gulf of Mexico","authors":"Chelsea M. Comans,&nbsp;Sandi M. Smart,&nbsp;Emma R. Kast,&nbsp;YueHan Lu,&nbsp;Tina Lüdecke,&nbsp;Jennifer N. Leichliter,&nbsp;Daniel M. Sigman,&nbsp;Takehito Ikejiri,&nbsp;Alfredo Martínez-García","doi":"10.1111/gbi.12585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12585","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The nitrogen isotopic composition (<sup>15</sup>N/<sup>14</sup>N ratio, or δ<sup>15</sup>N) of enameloid-bound organic matter (δ<sup>15</sup>N<sub>EB</sub>) in shark teeth was recently developed to investigate the biogeochemistry and trophic structures (i.e., food webs) of the ancient ocean. Using δ<sup>15</sup>N<sub>EB</sub>, we present the first nitrogen isotopic evidence for trophic differences between shark taxa from a single fossil locality. We analyze the teeth of four taxa (<i>Meristodonoides</i>, <i>Ptychodus</i>, <i>Scapanorhynchus</i>, and <i>Squalicorax</i>) from the Late Cretaceous (83–84 Ma) Trussells Creek site in Alabama, USA, and compare the N isotopic findings with predictions from tooth morphology, the traditional method for inferring shark paleo-diets. Our δ<sup>15</sup>N<sub>EB</sub> data indicate two distinct trophic groups, with averages separated by 6.1 ± 2.1‰. The lower group consists of <i>Meristodonoides</i> and <i>Ptychodus,</i> and the higher group consists of <i>Scapanorhynchus</i> and <i>Squalicorax</i> (i.e., lamniforms). This δ<sup>15</sup>N<sub>EB</sub> difference indicates a 1.5 ± 0.5 trophic-level separation between the two groups, a finding that is in line with paleontological predictions of a higher trophic level for these lamniforms over <i>Meristodonoides</i> and <i>Ptychodus</i>. However, the δ<sup>15</sup>N<sub>EB</sub> of <i>Meristodonoides</i> is lower than suggested by tooth morphology, although consistent with mechanical tests suggesting that higher trophic-level bony fishes were not a major component of their diet. Further, δ<sup>15</sup>N<sub>EB</sub> indicates that the two sampled lamniform taxa fed at similar trophic levels despite their different inferred tooth functions. These two findings suggest that tooth morphology alone may not always be a sufficient indicator of dietary niche. The large trophic separation revealed by the δ<sup>15</sup>N<sub>EB</sub> offset leaves open the possibility that higher trophic-level lamniforms, such as those measured here, preyed upon smaller, lower trophic-level sharks like <i>Meristodonoides</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":173,"journal":{"name":"Geobiology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gbi.12585","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139655310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The illusion of balance in the history of the biosphere 生物圈历史上的平衡假象
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2024-01-12 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12584
Geerat J. Vermeij
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New keratose sponges after the end-Permian extinction provide insights into biotic recoveries 二叠纪末期大灭绝后的新角质海绵为生物恢复提供了启示
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12582
Siqi Wu, Joachim Reitner, David A. T. Harper, Jianxin Yu, Zhong-Qiang Chen
{"title":"New keratose sponges after the end-Permian extinction provide insights into biotic recoveries","authors":"Siqi Wu,&nbsp;Joachim Reitner,&nbsp;David A. T. Harper,&nbsp;Jianxin Yu,&nbsp;Zhong-Qiang Chen","doi":"10.1111/gbi.12582","DOIUrl":"10.1111/gbi.12582","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We challenge the prevailing view that the end-Permian extinction impeded the Triassic evolution of sponges. Here, we report a deep-water community dominated by abundant keratose sponges in the lowest Triassic strata from Southwest China. The sponge fossils occur as dark elliptical imprints in mudstone with distinct oscula on their tops. The structure of preserved fibers suggests closest affinity with the extant Dictyoceratida, an aspiculate demosponge. The exceptional preservation plays a crucial role in retaining their exquisite structures. Sedimentary, taphonomic, pyrite framboid, and trace elemental analyses indicate that the sponges proliferated in an oxygen-poor habitat, demonstrating the high tolerance of sponges to severe conditions. Sponge proliferation is a signal of environmental upheaval but they also stabilized the ecosystem, driving the first phase of biotic recovery after the end-Permian extinction.</p>","PeriodicalId":173,"journal":{"name":"Geobiology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139054618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Deep subsurface microbial life in impact-altered Late Paleozoic granitoid rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater 奇克苏鲁伯撞击坑中受撞击改变的晚古生代花岗岩岩石中的深层地下微生物生命
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12583
Sohaib Naseer Quraish, Charles Cockell, Cornelia Wuchter, David Kring, Kliti Grice, Marco J. L. Coolen
{"title":"Deep subsurface microbial life in impact-altered Late Paleozoic granitoid rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater","authors":"Sohaib Naseer Quraish,&nbsp;Charles Cockell,&nbsp;Cornelia Wuchter,&nbsp;David Kring,&nbsp;Kliti Grice,&nbsp;Marco J. L. Coolen","doi":"10.1111/gbi.12583","DOIUrl":"10.1111/gbi.12583","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 2016, IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 recovered an 829-meter-long core within the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater (Yucatán, Mexico), allowing us to investigate the post-impact recovery of the heat-sterilized deep continental microbial biosphere at the impact site. We recently reported increased cell biomass in the impact suevite, which was deposited within the first few hours of the Cenozoic, and that the overall microbial communities differed significantly between the suevite and the other main core lithologies (i.e., the granitic basement and the overlying Early Eocene marine sediments; Cockell et al., 2021). However, only seven rock intervals were previously analyzed from the geologically heterogenic and impact-deformed 587-m-long granitic core section below the suevite interval. Here, we used 16S rRNA gene profiling to study the microbial community composition in 45 intervals including (a) 31 impact-shocked granites, (b) 7 non-granitic rocks (i.e., consisting of suevite and impact melt rocks intercalated into the granites during crater formation and strongly serpentinized pre-impact sub-volcanic, ultramafic basanite/dolerite), and (c) 7 cross-cut mineral veins of anhydride and silica. Most recovered microbial taxa resemble those found in hydrothermal systems. Spearman correlation analysis confirmed that the borehole temperature, which gradually increased from 47 to 69°C with core depth, significantly shaped a subset of the vertically stratified modern microbial community composition in the granitic basement rocks. However, bacterial communities differed significantly between the impoverished shattered granites and nutrient-enriched non-granite rocks, even though both lithologies were at similar depths and temperatures. Furthermore, Spearman analysis revealed a strong correlation between the microbial communities and bioavailable chemical compounds and suggests the presence of chemolithoautotrophs, which most likely still play an active role in metal and sulfur cycling. These results indicate that post-impact microbial niche separation has also occurred in the granitic basement lithologies, as previously shown for the newly formed lithologies. Moreover, our data suggest that the impact-induced geochemical boundaries continue to shape the modern-day deep biosphere in the granitic basement underlying the Chicxulub crater.</p>","PeriodicalId":173,"journal":{"name":"Geobiology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gbi.12583","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139054849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Fossilized giant sulfide-oxidizing bacteria from the Devonian Hollard Mound seep deposit, Morocco 摩洛哥泥盆纪霍拉德丘渗漏沉积物中发现的巨型硫化物氧化细菌化石。
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12581
Daniel Smrzka, Jennifer Zwicker, Heide Schulz-Vogt, Crispin T. S. Little, Max Rieder, Patrick Meister, Susanne Gier, Jörn Peckmann
{"title":"Fossilized giant sulfide-oxidizing bacteria from the Devonian Hollard Mound seep deposit, Morocco","authors":"Daniel Smrzka,&nbsp;Jennifer Zwicker,&nbsp;Heide Schulz-Vogt,&nbsp;Crispin T. S. Little,&nbsp;Max Rieder,&nbsp;Patrick Meister,&nbsp;Susanne Gier,&nbsp;Jörn Peckmann","doi":"10.1111/gbi.12581","DOIUrl":"10.1111/gbi.12581","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The giant sulfide-oxidizing bacteria are particularly prone to preservation in the rock record, and their fossils have been identified in ancient phosphorites, cherts, and carbonates. This study reports putative spherical fossils preserved in the Devonian Hollard Mound hydrocarbon-seep deposit. Based on petrographical, mineralogical, and geochemical evidence the putative microfossils are interpreted as sulfide-oxidizing bacteria similar to the present-day genus <i>Thiomargarita</i>, which is also found at modern hydrocarbon seeps. The morphology, distribution, size, and occurrence of the fossilized cells show a large degree of similarity to their modern counterparts. Some of the spherical fossils adhere to worm tubes analogous to the occurrence of modern <i>Thiomargarita</i> on the tubes of seep-dwelling siboglinid worms. Fluorapatite crystals were identified within the fossilized cell walls, suggesting the intercellular storage of phosphorus analogous to modern <i>Thiomargarita</i> cells. The preservation of large sulfide-oxidizing bacteria was probably linked to changing biogeochemical processes at the Hollard Mound seep or, alternatively, may have been favored by the sulfide-oxidizing bacteria performing nitrate-dependent sulfide oxidation—a process known to induce carbonate precipitation. The presence of sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at a Devonian hydrocarbon seep highlights the similarities of past and present chemosynthesis-based ecosystems and provides valuable insight into the antiquity of biogeochemical processes and element cycling at Phanerozoic seeps.</p>","PeriodicalId":173,"journal":{"name":"Geobiology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gbi.12581","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138497321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Microbial mats and their palaeoenvironmental analysis in offshore – shelf facies of the Los Molles Formation (Toarcian – Lower Callovian) in the Chacay Melehue area, Neuquén Basin, Argentina 阿根廷neuquacyn盆地Chacay Melehue地区losmolles组陆棚相微生物席及其古环境分析
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12580
Maximiliano Nicolás Rodriguez, Débora Mical Campetella, Noelia Beatriz Carmona, Juan José Ponce, Martín Nazareno Parada
{"title":"Microbial mats and their palaeoenvironmental analysis in offshore – shelf facies of the Los Molles Formation (Toarcian – Lower Callovian) in the Chacay Melehue area, Neuquén Basin, Argentina","authors":"Maximiliano Nicolás Rodriguez,&nbsp;Débora Mical Campetella,&nbsp;Noelia Beatriz Carmona,&nbsp;Juan José Ponce,&nbsp;Martín Nazareno Parada","doi":"10.1111/gbi.12580","DOIUrl":"10.1111/gbi.12580","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This contribution presents the first study focused on the analysis of microbial mats in the Los Molles Formation (Toarcian – Early Callovian), Neuquén Basin, Argentina. This unit mainly represents offshore-to-shelf environments affected by storms and density currents. The Los Molles Formation is one of the oldest source rocks in the Neuquén Basin and constitutes an unconventional shale gas reservoir of great economic importance. The aim of this work was to identify the microbial activity from the description and interpretation of microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS), to determine the paleoenvironmental and paleoecological conditions under which they formed, and to establish a possible relationship between these structures and the trace fossil <i>Trichichnus</i>. Samples from the levels with MISS were analyzed and described from macroscopic and binocular observations, petrographic microscope thin sections, and SEM samples with EDS analyses. The results showed several levels of microbial mats presenting diverse MISS, including biolaminations and <i>Kinneyia</i>-like wrinkles structures that were described at the macroscopic level. In thin sections, biolaminations, filament-like microstructures with different degrees of development, oriented grains and pyrite were observed. SEM images and EDS analyses showed different types of filaments, coccoids and EPS with high concentrations of carbon. These results revealed that the studied levels fulfill the established biogenicity criteria, guaranteeing that they have a bacterial origin. The abundance of the trace fossil <i>Trichichnus</i> sp. throughout the section and the proximity to some <i>Kinneyia-</i>like wrinkle structures levels suggests that the same organisms may have generated them. Furthermore, they revealed that the Los Molles Formation, at the time of its deposition, experienced paleoecological and paleoenvironmental conditions appropriate for the establishment and development of microbial mats. The extensive levels of microbial mats in the study area suggest that they may have been a source of organic matter for the generation of hydrocarbons from the Los Molles Formation.</p>","PeriodicalId":173,"journal":{"name":"Geobiology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138289810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Contrasting morphology and growth habits of Frutexites in Late Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, northwestern Australia 澳大利亚西北部坎宁盆地晚泥盆世礁复合体中果粒虫的形态和生长习性对比。
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12579
France Champenois, Annette D. George, Kenneth J. McNamara, Jeremy Shaw, Maria Cherdantseva
{"title":"Contrasting morphology and growth habits of Frutexites in Late Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, northwestern Australia","authors":"France Champenois,&nbsp;Annette D. George,&nbsp;Kenneth J. McNamara,&nbsp;Jeremy Shaw,&nbsp;Maria Cherdantseva","doi":"10.1111/gbi.12579","DOIUrl":"10.1111/gbi.12579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Frutexites</i>-like microstructures are described from the exhumed Late Devonian reef complexes of the northern Canning Basin, Western Australia. Several high-resolution imaging techniques, including X-ray microcomputerised tomography, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence microscopy, were used to investigate morphology and composition in two samples. Three types of <i>Frutexites</i>-like microstructures (Types I–III) have been identified. Type I, found lining an early marine cement-filled cavity in fore-reef grainstone facies, consists of dendritic structures formed primarily of coccoid bacteria with filamentous bacteria embedded in sheets of amorphous extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). These ferromanganiferous dendrites have laminated to spheroidal textures. Types II and III are from a toe-of-slope hardground. Type II grew in a crypt between two corals, is also dendritic and composed of bacilliform and filamentous bacteria embedded in an amorphous EPS sheet. The opaqueness of these ferriferous dendrites precludes more detailed description of textures. Type III grew as branching columnar microstromatolites and is composed of entwined filaments of <i>Girvanella</i>, <i>Rothpletzella</i> and <i>Wetheredella</i> with Fe-enriched outer walls that generate <i>Frutexites</i>-like microstructures. Types I and II resemble <i>Frutexites</i> sensu stricto as defined by Maslov (<i>Stromatolites</i>, Trudy Instituta geologicheskikh nauk Akademiya nauk SSR, 1960) and are the result of the consecutive growth and permineralisation of biofilms composed of mixed bacterial communities growing in cryptic habitats. Type III superficially resembles <i>Frutexites</i> sensu stricto based on macroscopic field observations, however, detailed microscopic analysis reveals that it is composed of Fe-enriched tubular walls surrounded by Mn-enriched calcite.</p>","PeriodicalId":173,"journal":{"name":"Geobiology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gbi.12579","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138174984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2023-10-15 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12578
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Distinctive microfossil supports early Paleoproterozoic rise in complex cellular organisation 独特的微体化石支持古元古代早期复杂细胞组织的兴起。
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12576
Erica V. Barlow, Christopher H. House, Ming-Chang Liu, Maxwell T. Wetherington, Martin J. Van Kranendonk
{"title":"Distinctive microfossil supports early Paleoproterozoic rise in complex cellular organisation","authors":"Erica V. Barlow,&nbsp;Christopher H. House,&nbsp;Ming-Chang Liu,&nbsp;Maxwell T. Wetherington,&nbsp;Martin J. Van Kranendonk","doi":"10.1111/gbi.12576","DOIUrl":"10.1111/gbi.12576","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The great oxidation event (GOE), ~2.4 billion years ago, caused fundamental changes to the chemistry of Earth's surface environments. However, the effect of these changes on the biosphere is unknown, due to a worldwide lack of well-preserved fossils from this time. Here, we investigate exceptionally preserved, large spherical aggregate (SA) microfossils permineralised in chert from the c. 2.4 Ga Turee Creek Group in Western Australia. Field and petrographic observations, Raman spectroscopic mapping, and in situ carbon isotopic analyses uncover insights into the morphology, habitat, reproduction and metabolism of this unusual form, whose distinctive, SA morphology has no known counterpart in the fossil record. Comparative analysis with microfossils from before the GOE reveals the large SA microfossils represent a step-up in cellular organisation. Morphological comparison to extant micro-organisms indicates the SAs have more in common with coenobial algae than coccoidal bacteria, emphasising the complexity of this microfossil form. The remarkable preservation here provides a unique window into the biosphere, revealing an increase in the complexity of life coinciding with the GOE.</p>","PeriodicalId":173,"journal":{"name":"Geobiology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gbi.12576","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41093755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Divergence time estimates for the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF1α) reveal an ancient emergence of animals in low-oxygen environments 缺氧诱导因子-1α(HIF1α)的分化时间估计揭示了低氧环境中动物的古老出现。
IF 3.7 2区 地球科学
Geobiology Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12577
Flavia A. Belato, Beatriz Mello, Christopher J. Coates, Kenneth M. Halanych, Federico D. Brown, André C. Morandini, Juliana de Moraes Leme, Ricardo I. F. Trindade, Elisa Maria Costa-Paiva
{"title":"Divergence time estimates for the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF1α) reveal an ancient emergence of animals in low-oxygen environments","authors":"Flavia A. Belato,&nbsp;Beatriz Mello,&nbsp;Christopher J. Coates,&nbsp;Kenneth M. Halanych,&nbsp;Federico D. Brown,&nbsp;André C. Morandini,&nbsp;Juliana de Moraes Leme,&nbsp;Ricardo I. F. Trindade,&nbsp;Elisa Maria Costa-Paiva","doi":"10.1111/gbi.12577","DOIUrl":"10.1111/gbi.12577","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Unveiling the tempo and mode of animal evolution is necessary to understand the links between environmental changes and biological innovation. Although the earliest unambiguous metazoan fossils date to the late Ediacaran period, molecular clock estimates agree that the last common ancestor (LCA) of all extant animals emerged ~850 Ma, in the Tonian period, before the oldest evidence for widespread ocean oxygenation at ~635–560 Ma in the Ediacaran period. Metazoans are aerobic organisms, that is, they are dependent on oxygen to survive. In low-oxygen conditions, most animals have an evolutionarily conserved pathway for maintaining oxygen homeostasis that triggers physiological changes in gene expression via the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIFa). However, here we confirm the absence of the characteristic HIFa protein domain responsible for the oxygen sensing of HIFa in sponges and ctenophores, indicating the LCA of metazoans lacked the functional protein domain as well, and so could have maintained their transcription levels unaltered under the very low-oxygen concentrations of their environments. Using Bayesian relaxed molecular clock dating, we inferred that the ancestral gene lineage responsible for HIFa arose in the Mesoproterozoic Era, ~1273 Ma (Credibility Interval 957–1621 Ma), consistent with the idea that important genetic machinery associated with animals evolved much earlier than the LCA of animals. Our data suggest at least two duplication events in the evolutionary history of HIFa, which generated three vertebrate paralogs, products of the two successive whole-genome duplications that occurred in the vertebrate LCA. Overall, our results support the hypothesis of a pre-Tonian emergence of metazoans under low-oxygen conditions, and an increase in oxygen response elements during animal evolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":173,"journal":{"name":"Geobiology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41100438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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