GLOBAL DIVERSITY OF THE PLACOZOA.

Global diversity of the Placozoa.

The enigmatic animal phylum Placozoa holds a key position in the metazoan Tree of Life.A simple bauplan makes it appear to be the most basal metazoan known and genetic evidence also points to a position close to the last common metazoan ancestor.Trichoplax adhaerens is the only formally described species in the phylum to date, making the Placozoa t

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Subversion of the Immune Response by Human Pathogenic Mycoplasmas

Mycoplasmas are a large group of prokaryotes which is believed to be originated from Gram-positive bacteria via degenerative evolution, and mainly capable of causing a wide range of human and animal infections.Although innate immunity and adaptive immunity play fbd191blrc crucial roles in preventing mycoplasma infection, immune response that develo

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