Phylogenetic framework to explore trait evolution in Trypanosomatidae

Alexei Yu Kostygov; Amanda T S Albanaz; Anzhelika Butenko; Evgeny S Gerasimov; Julius Lukeš; Vyacheslav Yurchenko

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.009

Phylogenetic framework to explore trait evolution in Trypanosomatidae

Trends Parasitol. 2024 Feb;40(2):96-99. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.009. Epub 2023 Dec 7.

Authors

Alexei Yu Kostygov¹, Amanda T S Albanaz², Anzhelika Butenko³, Evgeny S Gerasimov⁴, Julius Lukeš⁵, Vyacheslav Yurchenko⁶

Affiliations

¹ Life Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia. Electronic address: kostygov@gmail.com.
² Life Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia.
³ Life Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia; Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czechia; Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czechia.
⁴ Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
⁵ Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czechia; Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czechia.
⁶ Life Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia. Electronic address: vyacheslav.yurchenko@osu.cz.

PMID: 38065790
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.009

Abstract

The number of sequenced trypanosomatid genomes has reached a critical point so that they are now available for almost all genera and subgenera. Based on this, we inferred a phylogenomic tree and propose it as a framework to study trait evolution together with some examples of how to do it.

Keywords: RNA editing; catalase; genomes; phylogenomics; trypanosomatids.

MeSH terms

Phylogeny
Trypanosomatina* / genetics