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SUBMITTER: Eitel M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3614897 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eitel Michael M Osigus Hans-Jürgen HJ DeSalle Rob R Schierwater Bernd B
PloS one 20130402 4
The enigmatic animal phylum Placozoa holds a key position in the metazoan Tree of Life. A simple bauplan makes it appear to be the most basal metazoan known and genetic evidence also points to a position close to the last common metazoan ancestor. Trichoplax adhaerens is the only formally described species in the phylum to date, making the Placozoa the only monotypic phylum in the animal kingdom. However, recent molecular genetic as well as morphological studies have identified a high level of d ...[more]