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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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Main Authors: Dohrmann, Martin, Kelley, Christopher, Kelly, Michelle, Pisera, Andrzej, Hooper, John N. A., Reiswig, Henry M.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: 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