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Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida

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  • Sarah J. Bourlat

    (University College London)

  • Thorhildur Juliusdottir

    (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)

  • Christopher J. Lowe

    (University of Chicago)

  • Robert Freeman

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Jochanan Aronowicz

    (University of Chicago)

  • Mark Kirschner

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Eric S. Lander

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)

  • Michael Thorndyke

    (Kristineberg Marine Research Station)

  • Hiroaki Nakano

    (Kristineberg Marine Research Station)

  • Andrea B. Kohn

    (University of Florida)

  • Andreas Heyland

    (University of Florida)

  • Leonid L. Moroz

    (University of Florida)

  • Richard R. Copley

    (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)

  • Maximilian J. Telford

    (University College London)

Abstract

Spinal tip The profusion of genomic data has allowed biologists to resolve one of the longest standing and most contentious issues in zoology — the relationship between vertebrates and other animals. Several seemingly unusual schemes have been put forward recently, but now Bourlat et al. resolve these in a new study that affirms that the chordates form a single phylum, and finds an evolutionary home for Xenoturbella, a mysterious worm-like creature, among our near-relatives in the invertebrates.

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  • Sarah J. Bourlat & Thorhildur Juliusdottir & Christopher J. Lowe & Robert Freeman & Jochanan Aronowicz & Mark Kirschner & Eric S. Lander & Michael Thorndyke & Hiroaki Nakano & Andrea B. Kohn & Andreas, 2006. "Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7115), pages 85-88, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7115:d:10.1038_nature05241
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05241
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