Let’s end taxonomic blank slates with molecular morphology

Many known evolutionary lineages have yet to be described formally due to a lack of traditional morphological characters. This is true for genetically distinctive groups within the amoeboid Placozoa animals, the protists in ponds, and the bacteria that cover nearly everything. These taxonomic tabula...

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Main Authors: Michael Tessler, Spencer C. Galen, Rob DeSalle, Bernd Schierwater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1016412/full