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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Main Authors: Ryan Joseph F, Pang Kevin, Mullikin James C, Martindale Mark Q, Baxevanis Andreas D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:EvoDevo
Online Access:http://www.evodevojournal.com/content/1/1/9

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