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When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love before

Holly Bik February 26, 2013 cosmopolitan species cryptic species DNA Barcoding molecular phylogeny New Species Organisms Sea Slug

A “species” is a hypothesis. And for microscopic critters, this hypothesis is very often wrong. Everyone knows I despise charismatic megafauna (especially dolphins). I will…

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Deep-sea additions to the Nematode Tree of Life

Holly Bik March 10, 2011 deep sea molecular phylogeny nemtodes Organisms

Sometimes I am stunned by the vastness of the internet, as well as the brief 15-nanoseconds of fame that go along with most of its…

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What in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!

Kevin Zelnio June 7, 2010 Best of Zelnio Cambrian Chaetognath Current Biology Deuterostome Ecdysozoa evolution fossil molecular phylogeny Phylogenetics Platyhelminthes Priapulida Protostome RB Editor's Selection

Lynn Margulis classified the Chaetognaths, known as arrow worms, as deuterostomes. Deuterostomy is characterized by several developmental characteristics including radial, indeterminate cleavage, a posterior position…

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Kevin Zelnio…New and Improved…Now With 30% More Shrimp!

Dr. M April 15, 2009 Arthropoda Crustacea Hydrothermal Vent molecular phylogeny scientific article Shrimp species

KZ is now among the scientifically published. Occurring this week in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington is “A new species of Alvinocaris…

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