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. 2009 Apr 28;19(8):R339-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.03.025.

Animal evolution: once upon a time

Maximilian J Telford  1
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Animal evolution: once upon a time

Maximilian J Telford. Curr Biol. .
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The evolutionary relationships between the earliest branches of the animal kingdom - bilaterians, cnidarians, ctenophores, sponges and placozoans - are contentious. A new phylogenomic analysis suggests a return to old ideas.

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