Evolution: a turn up for the worms

D T J Littlewood; Andrea Waeschenbach

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.012

Evolution: a turn up for the worms

Curr Biol. 2015 Jun 1;25(11):R457-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.012.

Authors

D T J Littlewood¹, Andrea Waeschenbach²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. Electronic address: t.littlewood@nhm.ac.uk.
² Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.

PMID: 26035788
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.012

Abstract

Extensive sequencing of transcriptomes reveals the evolutionary relationships among the major flatworm lineages, suggesting new roots and conflicting routes to parasitism.

MeSH terms

Animals
Phylogeny*
Platyhelminths / genetics*