The new animal phylogeny: Reliability and implications

Authors
Adoutte, A Balavoine, G Lartillot, N Lespinet, O Prud'homme, B de Rosa, R
Citation
A. Adoutte et al., The new animal phylogeny: Reliability and implications, P NAS US, 97(9), 2000, pp. 4453-4456
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN journal
00278424 → ACNP
Volume
97
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4453 - 4456
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(20000425)97:9<4453:TNAPRA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
DNA sequence analysis dictates new interpretation of phylogenic trees. Taxa that were once thought to represent successive grades of complexity at the base of the metazoan tree are being displaced to much higher positions ins ide the tree. This leaves no evolutionary "intermediates" and forces us to rethink the genesis of bilaterian complexity.