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Thursday 25 September 2014

Origin and fossil record of the Animal Kingdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal

Animals are generally considered to have evolved from a flagellated eukaryote.Their closest known living relatives are the choanoflagellates, collared flagellates that have a morphology similar to the choanocytes of certain sponges.Molecular studies place animals in a supergroup called the opisthokonts, which also include the choanoflagellates, fungi and a few small parasitic protists.The name comes from the posterior location of the flagellum in motile cells, such as most animal spermatozoa, whereas other eukaryotes tend to have anterior flagella.

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