An EST screen from the annelid <it>Pomatoceros lamarckii </it>reveals patterns of gene loss and gain in animals

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Since the drastic reorganisation of the phylogeny of the animal kingdom into three major clades of bilaterians; Ecdysozoa, Lophotrochozoa and Deuterostomia, it became glaringly obvious that the selection of model systems with extensi...

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Main Authors: Chen Wei-Chung, Troscianko Jolyon, McDougall Carmel, Takahashi Tokiharu, Jayaraman-Nagarajan Ahamarshan, Shimeld Sebastian M, Ferrier David EK
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/240