Animal Evolution: When Small Worms Cast Long Phylogenetic Shadows.
New phylogenetic studies of minuscule worms reveal interesting perspectives about animal body plan evolution, but were early bilaterian animals large or small?
Schools of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jakob.vinther@bristol.ac.uk.
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D000818:Animals; D000845:Annelida / Q000502:physiology*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny