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New insight into the phylogeny of Mesozoa: Evidence from the 18S and 28S rRNA genes

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The phylogenetic relationships of two Mesozoa groups were studied by the comparative analysis of complete sequences of 18S and 28S rRNA. Two groups of Mesozoa were found to form a statistically supported clade in phylogenetic trees. The results of the analysis placed Mesozoa in the Spiralia group of Lophotrochozoa and showed the tendency of Mesozoa to converge with one of the Annelida groups.

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  1. Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    N. B. Petrov & V. V. Aleshin

  2. International Biotechnology Center, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    A. N. Pegova

  3. State Scientific Center, Russian Research Institute of Irrigative Pisciculture, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    M. V. Ofitserov

  4. Invertebrate Zoology Department, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    G. S. Slyusarev

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Original Russian Text © N.B. Petrov, V.V. Aleshin, A.N. Pegova, M.V. Ofitserov, G.S. Slyusarev, 2010, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2010, No. 4, pp. 42–45.

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Petrov, N.B., Aleshin, V.V., Pegova, A.N. et al. New insight into the phylogeny of Mesozoa: Evidence from the 18S and 28S rRNA genes. Moscow Univ. Biol.Sci. Bull. 65, 167–169 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0096392510040127

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