Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians.

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Published in Nature on July 12, 2012

Authors

Patrick R H Steinmetz1, Johanna E M Kraus, Claire Larroux, Jörg U Hammel, Annette Amon-Hassenzahl, Evelyn Houliston, Gert Wörheide, Michael Nickel, Bernard M Degnan, Ulrich Technau

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1: Department for Molecular Evolution and Development, Centre for Organismal Systems Biology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

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