The enigmatic Placozoa part 2: Exploring evolutionary controversies and promising questions on earth and in space

Autor: Patrick O. Humbert, Bernd Schierwater, Neil W. Blackstone, Marc Kvansakul, Kathrin Wysocki, Hans-Jürgen Osigus, Jens Hauslage, Kai Kamm, Heike Hadrys, Rob DeSalle, Tjard Bergmann
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: BioEssays. 43:2100083
ISSN: 1521-1878
0265-9247
Popis: The placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens has been bridging gaps between research disciplines like no other animal. As outlined in part 1, placozoans have been subject of hot evolutionary debates and placozoans have challenged some fundamental evolutionary concepts. Here in part 2 we discuss the exceptional genetics of the phylum Placozoa and point out some challenging model system applications for the best known species, Trichoplax adhaerens.
Databáze: OpenAIRE