Genomic frontier -- The unexplored animal kingdom: Genomes of limpet, leech and worm put spotlight on lophotrochozoans
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 18:01
in Biology & Nature
A new report unveils three of the first genomes from a vast, understudied swath of the animal kingdom that includes as many as one-quarter of Earth's marine species. By publishing the genomes of a leech, an ocean-dwelling worm and a limpet, scientists have more than doubled the number of sequenced genomes from a diverse group of animals called lophotrochozoans.