A triploblast origin for Myxozoa?

C. L. Anderson, E. U. Canning and Beth Okamura
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C. L. Anderson: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
E. U. Canning: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Beth Okamura: University of Reading

Nature, 1998, vol. 392, issue 6674, 346-347

Abstract: Abstract Hox genes, which play key roles in the development of body plans, have been described from a variety of metazoans1. Here we report the presence of Hox class genes that are typical of triploblasts in Myxozoa, formerly a protozoan taxon. This finding confirms Myxozoa's phylogenetic affinity with the Bilateria and reveals an extreme example of parasitic degeneracy.

Date: 1998
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