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Research Team Finds First Evolutionary Branching for Bilateral Animals
An international research team led by Brown University has determined that the flatworm Acoelomorpha belongs as a sister clade to other bilateral animals. The finding means the worm is a product of the deepest split within the bilateral animals, the first evolutionary divergence within the group. Through a laborious genetic sequencing analysis, Casey Dunn, an evolutionary biologist at Brown University and an international team of scientists have settled the long-standing debate and determined that acoelomorpha belongs as a sister clade to other bilateral animals.
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An international research team led by Brown University has determined that the flatworm Acoelomorpha belongs as a sister clade to other bilateral animals. The finding means the worm is a product of the deepest split within the bilateral animals, the first evolutionary divergence within the group. Through a laborious genetic sequencing analysis, Casey Dunn, an evolutionary biologist at Brown University and an international team of scientists have settled the long-standing debate and determined that acoelomorpha belongs as a sister clade to other bilateral animals.
