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Aging in Sponges

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Aging of Organisms

Part of the book series: Biology of Aging and its Modulation ((BIMO,volume 4))

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The sponges (phylum Porifera) are the lowest and phylogenetically oldest, still extant phylum of Metazoa [1, 2]. These animals are considered as the evolutionary earliest living relicts of the successful transition from the (perhaps) unicellular to the multicellular state [2]. Evidence has been presented by molecular phylogenetic analysis that sponges share a common ancestor with the other metazoan phyla, the hypothetical Urmetazoa [2, 3].

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Schröder, H.C., Wiens, M., Müller, W.E.G. (2003). Aging in Sponges. In: Osiewacz, H.D. (eds) Aging of Organisms. Biology of Aging and its Modulation, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0671-1_4

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