A Large and Consistent Phylogenomic Dataset Supports Sponges as the Sister Group to All Other Animals.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Current Biology

• Publication date

  2017-04-03

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.031PMID 28318975
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