Getting by with Less (IMAGE)

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)

Getting by with Less

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The chordate Oikopleura dioica, despite losing lots of genes, maintains a typical body plan with organs and structures (heart, brain, thyroids, etc.) which can be considered to be homologues to the vertebrates.

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