Archive for January 27th, 2015

Evolution: Rock sponges split up

A study led by researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich throws new light on the evolution of the so-called rock sponges, and reveals that conventional, morphology-based taxonomies do not accurately reflect the true genealogical relationships within the group. Modern approaches to biological systematics have demonstrated that the evolutionary relationships between organisms can best be teased […]