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Caenorhabditis phylogeny predicts convergence of hermaphroditism and extensive intron loss.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jun 2004
Kiontke Karin, Gavin Nicholas P, Raynes Yevgeniy, Roehrig Casey, Piano Fabio, Fitch David H A
Abstract excerpt
Despite the prominence of Caenorhabditis elegans as a major developmental and genetic model system, its phylogenetic relationship to its closest relatives has not been resolved. Resolution of these relationships is necessary for studying the steps that underlie life history, genomic, and morphological evolution of this important system. By using data from five different nuclear genes from 10 Caenorhabditis...
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