Abstract
Phylogenetic studies have traditionally placed the simple Xenoacoelomorph worms as the sister group of all other animals with bilateral body symmetry. A new study shows that misidentification of orthologous genes might have been the source of at the least some support for this placement.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | R1340-R1342 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Current Biology |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Dec 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Keywords
- Animals
- Phylogeny
- Invertebrates/genetics