A close phylogenetic relationship between Sipuncula and Annelida evidenced from the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of <it>Phascolosoma esculenta</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There are many advantages to the application of complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes in the accurate reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships in Metazoa. Although over one thousand metazoan genomes have been sequenced, the taxonom...

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Main Authors: Ren Jianfeng, Ma Xiaoyin, Shen Xin, Zhao Fangqing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/136