Mastodawn

The transition from #aquatic to #terrestrial #life has been one of the most significant evolutionary challenges.

This decisive process in the #evolution of life on Earth required a profound renewal of the genome.

But what changes did genomes undergo to facilitate the transition to the terrestrial environment?

Now, a new study reconstructs the key genomic adaptations at different stages of the evolutionary transition to terrestrial #ecosystems.

The results show that, although each lineage followed its own evolutionary path, many adaptive functions evolved independently and repeatedly.

The transition from aquatic to terrestrial life has been one of the most significant evolutionary challenges.

Astrobiology

ummmm...does the fact that there is still aquatic life figure into this at all? or that some terrestrial life decided to move back into the water?

@roblosricos That some species find ways to cope with new environments does not mean all of them would miraculously do so.

But for those that did, there are patterns in their evolutionary history.

Evolution of land-dwelling animalis into aquatic species follows its own patterns that may not, generally speaking, be that dissimilar.

@mustapipa personally I still haven't fully transitioned. on my TODO list