Major changes in the core developmental pathways of nematodes: Romanomermis culicivorax reveals the derived status of the Caenorhabditis elegans model
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1. Zoologisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, NRW, Germany 2. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 3. Institute für Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, NRW, Germany 4. Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA 5. Cologne Center for Genomics, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, NRW, Germany
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