An evolutionary genomics view on neuropeptide genes in Hydrozoa and Endocnidozoa (Myxozoa)

Abstract Background The animal phylum Cnidaria consists of six classes or subphyla: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, Staurozoa, Anthozoa, and Endocnidozoa. Cnidarians have an early evolutionary origin, diverging before the emergence of the Bilateria. Extant members from this phylum, therefore, are impo...

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Main Authors: Thomas L. Koch, Frank Hauser, Cornelis J. P. Grimmelikhuijzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-08091-2