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Parallelism in the evolution of rotifers is revealed in the repeated appearance, reduction, consolidation or enlargement of common structures as well as by left-right handedness. A possible phylogenetic scheme of rotifer evolution is given.
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Kutikova, L.A. (1983). Parallelism in the evolution of rotifers. In: Pejler, B., Starkweather, R., Nogrady, T. (eds) Biology of Rotifers. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7287-2_2
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