Xenacoelomorpha is the sister group to Nephrozoa

Johanna Taylor Cannon (), Bruno Cossermelli Vellutini, Julian Smith, Fredrik Ronquist, Ulf Jondelius and Andreas Hejnol ()
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Johanna Taylor Cannon: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Bruno Cossermelli Vellutini: Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen
Julian Smith: Winthrop University
Fredrik Ronquist: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Ulf Jondelius: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Andreas Hejnol: Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7588, 89-93

Abstract: Robust phylogenetic analysis based on transcriptomes of Xenoturbella and acoelomorph worms shows that Xenacoelomorpha is an early bilaterian lineage forming the sister group to Nephrozoa.

Date: 2016
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