SpermTree, a species-level database of sperm morphology spanning the animal tree of life
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DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01131-w
Abstract: Sperm are the most morphologically variable cell type known, despite performing the same functional role of fertilizing eggs across all sexually reproducing species. Sperm morphology commonly varies among individuals, populations, closely related species, and across… read more here.
Keywords: tree life; animal tree; sperm morphology; morphology ... See more keywords
Rooting the Animal Tree of Life
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DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab170
Abstract: Abstract Identifying our most distant animal relatives has emerged as one of the most challenging problems in phylogenetics. This debate has major implications for our understanding of the origin of multicellular animals and of the… read more here.
Keywords: sister; porifera sister; rooting animal; ctenophora sister ... See more keywords