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"Our results will have a big impact on our picture of the developmental history of one of the oldest phyla on Earth," says Wörheide.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024
Ranjan said one field of research in particular has him excited -- phylogenetic microbiology, which uses genome analysis to reconstruct the blueprints of sulfur-using microorganisms believed to represent the oldest phyla on Earth.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
Flatworms and roundworms, two phyla with more than 20,000 species each, have no emoji at all.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023
One branch leads to the domain bacteria, which includes the phyla proteobacteria, chlamydias, spirochetes, cyanobacteria, and Gram-positive bacteria.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
In other respects Sedgwick's speculations link on more closely to the Gastræa theory, for one of his main contentions is that the blastopore or Urmund is homologous throughout at least the three metameric phyla.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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