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The initiation of metamorphosis as an ancient polyphenic trait and its role in metazoan life-cycle evolution.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 27 Feb 2010

Degnan Sandie M, Degnan Bernard M

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Comparative genomics of representative basal metazoans leaves little doubt that the most recent common ancestor to all modern metazoans was morphogenetically complex. Here, we support this interpretation by demonstrating that the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica has a biphasic pelagobenthic li...

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PMID: 20083639
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0248
PMCID: PMC2817140

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