Animal Evolution: Trichoplax, Trees, and Taxonomic Turmoil

David J. Miller; Eldon E. Ball

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.016

Animal Evolution: Trichoplax, Trees, and Taxonomic Turmoil

David J. Miller^*, Eldon E. Ball

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1003-R1005
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	18
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.016
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2008

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