<it>Dicyema</it> Pax6 and Zic: tool-kit genes in a highly simplified bilaterian

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Dicyemid mesozoans (Phylum Dicyemida) are simple (8–40-cell) cephalopod endoparasites. They have neither body cavities nor differentiated organs, such as nervous and gastrointestinal systems. Whether dicyemids are intermediate betwee...

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Main Authors: Kamiya Akiko, Odaka Yuri S, Aruga Jun, Furuya Hidetaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/201