title: Highlight: Sponges Reveal Stepping Stones in Early Animal Evolution.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Venton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D011161:Porifera / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology