Transcriptome data reveal Syndermatan relationships and suggest the evolution of endoparasitism in Acanthocephala via an epizoic stage.

The taxon Syndermata comprises the biologically interesting wheel animals ("Rotifera": Bdelloidea + Monogononta + Seisonidea) and thorny-headed worms (Acanthocephala), and is central for testing superordinate phylogenetic hypotheses (Platyzoa, Gnathifera) in the metazoan tree of life. Rece...

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Main Authors: Alexandra R Wey-Fabrizius, Holger Herlyn, Benjamin Rieger, David Rosenkranz, Alexander Witek, David B Mark Welch, Ingo Ebersberger, Thomas Hankeln
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f85cfda093384fc88aaf11a4bf0b34f0
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