Animal phylogeny: back to the coelomata?
The relationship between vertebrates and the principal model invertebrates - fruitflies and nematodes - is unclear. A fly-nematode grouping was becoming widely accepted, but recent comparisons of their genomes argue against this and link flies with the vertebrates instead.
Telford
Maximilian J
MJ
Department of Biology, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D010802:Phylogeny; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000235:genetics*