Animal taxonomy: Outwardly identical, yet distinct

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 14:11 in Biology & Nature

All placozoans are superficially identical. But comparative genomic data reveals the presence of different genera. This is the first time that a new animal genus has been defined solely by genomics.

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