Meeting report on "Animal Evolution: New Perspectives From Early Emerging Metazoans", Tutzing, September 14-17, 2015.
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This recent meeting covered non-bilaterian (e.g., cnidarians, ctenophores, and sponges) animals broadly, but with emphasis in four areas: 1) New genomic resources and tools for functional studies, 2) advances in developmental and regeneration studies, 3) the evolution and function of nervous systems, 4) symbiosis and the holobiome.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology
دوره 38 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016