The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

Ryan, Joseph F., Pang, Kevin, Schnitzler, Christine E., Nguyen, Anh-Dao, Moreland, R. Travis, Simmons, David K., Koch, Bernard J., Francis, Warren R., Havlak, Paul, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Smith, Stephen A., Putnam, Nicholas H., Haddock, Steven H. D., Dunn, Casey W., Wolfsberg, Tyra G., Mullikin, James C., Martindale, Mark Q., Baxevanis, Andreas D.·2013·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1242592

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