A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates
Abstract Background Tunicates are the closest relatives of vertebrates and are widely used as models to study the evolutionary developmental biology of chordates. Their phylogeny, however, remains poorly understood, and to date, only the 18S rRNA nuclear gene and mitogenomes have been used to deline...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0499-2 |