Animal evolution: Trichoplax, trees and taxonomic turmoil

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Miller, David J.;Ball, Eldon E.
David Miller
Abstract

The genome sequence of Trichoplax adhaerens, the founding member of the enigmatic animal phylum Placozoa, has revealed that a surprising level of genetic complexity underlies its extremely simple body plan, indicating either that placozoans are secondarily simple or that there is an undiscovered morphologically complex life stage.

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Current Biology

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18

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1879-0445

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21

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Current Biology

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London, United Kingdom

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10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.016