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On the genetic uniformity of the genus Trichoplax (Placozoa)

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Fragments of the nuclear and mitochondrial genes for the large-subunit rRNA were compared for Trichoplax sp. and T. adhaerens. High similarity was observed for their sequences, suggesting that different Trichoplax isolates belong to one species.

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  1. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Aleoshin

  2. Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics and Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Aleoshin, A. V. Konstantinova & M. A. Nikitin

  3. Alikhanov Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117218, Moscow, Russia

    I. L. Okshtein

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Translated from Genetika, Vol. 40, No. 12, 2004, pp. 1714–1716.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Aleoshin, Konstantinova, Nikitin, Okshtein.

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Aleoshin, V.V., Konstantinova, A.V., Nikitin, M.A. et al. On the genetic uniformity of the genus Trichoplax (Placozoa). Russ J Genet 40, 1423–1425 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11177-005-0015-y

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