Comparative genomics and the nature of placozoan species.

Placozoans are a phylum of nonbilaterian marine animals currently represented by a single described species, Trichoplax adhaerens, Schulze 1883. Placozoans arguably show the simplest animal morphology, which is identical among isolates collected worldwide, despite an apparently sizeable genetic dive...

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Main Authors: Michael Eitel, Warren R Francis, Frédérique Varoqueaux, Jean Daraspe, Hans-Jürgen Osigus, Stefan Krebs, Sergio Vargas, Helmut Blum, Gray A Williams, Bernd Schierwater, Gert Wörheide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-07-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6067683?pdf=render