A triploblast origin for Myxozoa?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1998 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 392, pages 346-347 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: C L, Anderson; E U, Canning; B, Okamura;

doi: 10.1038/32801

pmid: 9537319

A triploblast origin for Myxozoa?

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Abstract

Hox genes, which play key roles in the development of body plans, have been described from a variety of metazoans1. Here we report the presence of Hox class genes that are typical of triploblasts in Myxozoa, formerly a protozoan taxon. This finding confirms Myxozoa's phylogenetic affinity with the Bilateria and reveals an extreme example of parasitic degeneracy.

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Keywords

Evolution, Molecular, Cnidaria, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Genes, Fungal, Molecular Sequence Data, Genes, Homeobox, Animals, Myxomycetes, Amino Acid Sequence, Phylogeny

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