Current advances in the phylogenetic reconstruction of metazoan evolution. A new paradigm for the Cambrian explosion?
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Summary
A new hypothesis of the metazoan diversification during the Cambrian explosion is proposed by synthesizing ideas from phylogenetics, molecular evolution, paleontology, and developmental biology.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2002-09-01
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- 132
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- 79
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Keywords
Biology, Tree of life (biology), Phyletic gradualism, Macroevolution, Molecular clock
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