Exploring genome gene content and morphological analysis to test recalcitrant nodes in the animal phylogeny
K. Juravel, L. Porras, S. Hoehna, D. Pisani, G. Wörheide
The paper uses genome gene content and morphological data to investigate unresolved nodes in animal phylogeny, supporting sponges as the sister group of animals and Xenacoelomorpha as the sister group of Bilateria.
bioRxiv · Nov 19, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology