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Medusozoa

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• ... that the mitochondrial DNA molecules of Medusozoa are linear rather than circular as in almost all other animals? Source: "In nearly all animals, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) consists of a single circular molecule that encodes several subunits of the protein complexes involved in oxidative phosphorylation as well as part of the machinery for their expression. By contrast, mtDNA in species belonging to Medusozoa (one of the two major lineages in the phylum Cnidaria) comprises one to several linear molecules."
  • ALT1:... that Medusozoans are distinguished by having a medusa stage in their often complex life cycle?

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5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Chiswick Chap (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 09:39, 11 September 2018 (UTC).