Trichoplax genome sequenced -- 'rosetta stone' for understanding evolution
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 15:56
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale molecular and evolutionary biologists in collaboration with Department of Energy scientists produced the full genome sequence of Trichoplax, one of nature's most primitive multicellular organisms, providing a new insight into the evolution of all higher animals.
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