The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans
Srivastava M, Begovic E, Chapman J, Putnam NH, Hellsten U, Kawashima T, Kuo A, Mitros T, Salamov A, Carpenter ML, Signorovitch AY, Moreno MA, Kamm K, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Shapiro H, Grigoriev IV, Buss LW, Schierwater B, Dellaporta SL, Rokhsar DS. The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. Nature 2008, 454: 955-960. PMID: 18719581, DOI: 10.1038/nature07191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSimplest free-living animalsPlacozoan Trichoplax adhaerensWhole-genome phylogenetic analysisLife history stagesDiverse cell typesFree-living animalsMetazoan formsNuclear genomeCompact genomeTrichoplax adhaerensGene structureGene contentHistory stagesPhylogenetic analysisCellular complexityTranscription factorsPathway genesGenomeDevelopmental processesPlacozoansCell typesEumetazoansSyntenyBilateriansTrichoplax