The homeodomain complement of the ctenophore <it>Mnemiopsis leidyi </it>suggests that Ctenophora and Porifera diverged prior to the ParaHoxozoa
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The much-debated phylogenetic relationships of the five early branching metazoan lineages (Bilateria, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Placozoa and Porifera) are of fundamental importance in piecing together events that occurred early in animal...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-10-01
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| Series: | EvoDevo |
| Online Access: | http://www.evodevojournal.com/content/1/1/9 |