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Bacterial DNA Sifted from the Trichoplax adhaerens (Animalia: Placozoa) Genome Project Reveals a Putative Rickettsial Endosymbiont

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The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

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Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis in Animals: The Cyclodipeptide Synthase of Nematostella

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Composition and Stability of the Microbial Community inside the Digestive Tract of the Aquatic Crustacean Daphnia magna

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The Ecoresponsive Genome of Daphnia pulex

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The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

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Enzymes of the shikimic acid pathway encoded in the genome of a basal metazoan, Nematostella vectensis, have microbial origins

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