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An integrative systematic framework helps to reconstruct skeletal evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida)
BACKGROUND: Glass sponges (Class Hexactinellida) are important components of deep-sea ecosystems and are of interest from geological and materials science perspectives. The reconstruction of their phylogeny with molecular data has only recently begun and shows a better agreement with morphology-base...
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Format: | Online Article Text |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331531 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0191-3 |