Can we ever identify the Urmetazoan?
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چکیده
Unraveling the root of the metazoan tree of life has been a difficult task since the time of Haeckel and the invention of phylogenetics. Even considerable amounts of recent molecular data have not provided a generally accepted answer. Here, we review the major problems of this phylogenetic conundrum and provide some directions for solving it.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Integrative and comparative biology
دوره 47 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007