Concatenated Analysis Sheds Light on Early Metazoan Evolution and Fuels a Modern “Urmetazoon” Hypothesis

• Bernd Schierwater ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bernd.schierwater@ecolevol.de

  Affiliations ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany , Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America , Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Michael Eitel,

  Affiliation ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Wolfgang Jakob,

  Affiliation ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Hans-Jürgen Osigus,

  Affiliation ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Heike Hadrys,

  Affiliation ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Stephen L Dellaporta,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis,

  Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Rob DeSalle

  Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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