An EST screen from the annelid Pomatoceros lamarckii reveals patterns of gene loss and gain in animals.
BACKGROUND: Since the drastic reorganisation of the phylogeny of the animal kingdom into three major clades of bilaterians; Ecdysozoa, Lophotrochozoa and Deuterostomia, it became glaringly obvious that the selection of model systems with extensive molecular resources was heavily biased towards only...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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