Molecular Evolution: Towards the Origin of Metazoa
Recently, new genes and their proteins that revealed striking new insights into the early evolution of multicellular animals have been identified and characterized from members of the lowest metazoan phylum, the porifera (sponges). The unexpected result was that the sequences obtained from sponge di...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
| Series: | Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Recently, new genes and their proteins that revealed striking new insights into the early evolution of multicellular animals have been identified and characterized from members of the lowest metazoan phylum, the porifera (sponges). The unexpected result was that the sequences obtained from sponge displayed high similarity to those found in higher metazoa; in consequence, it was concluded that during the transition from protozoa to metazoa the major structural and regulatory proteins evolved only once. The data gathered are now powerful arguments to establish monophyly of metazoa; in addition, new insights on the evolutionary diversification of metazoa were obtained |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 185 p. 15 illus online resource |
| ISBN: | 9783642722363 |