Article
Lack of support for Deuterostomia prompts reinterpretation of the first Bilateria
2020-07-02
Abstract excerpt
The bilaterally symmetric animals (Bilateria) are considered to comprise two monophyletic groups, Protostomia and Deuterostomia. Protostomia contains the Ecdysozoa and the Lophotrochozoa; Deuterostomia contains the Chordata and the Xenambulacraria (Hemichordata, Echinodermata and Xenacoelomorpha). Their names refer to a supposed distinct origin of the mouth (stoma) in the two clades, but these groups have been dif...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b170b23d-fe76-530e-97c8-45e21e5c6815
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.07.01.182915
