Evolutionary origins of germline segregation in metazoa: Evidence for a germ stem cell lineage in the coral orbicella faveolata (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1822, 2016, Pages

  Barfield, Sarah ^a   Aglyamova, Galina V ^a   Matz, Mikhail V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Coral; Germline; Metazoa; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GERM CELL; METAZOAN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; EUMETAZOA; METAZOA;

EID: 84955594262     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2258     Document Type: Article

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