The phylogenetic position of Acoela as revealed by the complete mitochondrial genome of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Symsagittifera roscoffensis</Emphasis> |
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| Authors: | Adina Mwinyi Xavier Bailly Sarah J Bourlat Ulf Jondelius D Timothy J Littlewood Lars Podsiadlowski |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology,University of Bonn,Bonn,Germany;2.UPMC-CNRS, FR2424,Station Biologique de Roscoff,Roscoff,France;3.Department of Invertebrate Zoology,Swedish Museum of Natural History,Stockholm,Sweden;4.Department of Zoology,Natural History Museum,London,UK |
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| Abstract: | Background Acoels are simply organized unsegmented worms, lacking hindgut and anus. Several publications over recent years challenge
the long-held view that acoels are early offshoots of the flatworms. Instead a basal position as sister group to all other
bilaterian animals was suggested, mainly based on molecular evidence. This led to the view that features of acoels might reflect
those of the last common ancestor of Bilateria, and resulted in several evo-devo studies trying to interpret bilaterian evolution
using acoels as a proxy model for the "Urbilateria". |
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