Here we go! Another new paper on the sponges vs. ctenophores dispute!!!! Buy your storm chips or popcorn now!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Integrative phylogenomics positions sponges at the root of the animal tree
Determining whether sponges or ctenophores root the animal tree has important implications for understanding early animal evolution. Here, we examined support for these competing hypotheses by constru...