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Science 22 December 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5807, pp. 1883 - 1884
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129844
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Perspectives

EVOLUTION:
The Origin of Insects

Henrik Glenner, Philip Francis Thomsen, Martin Bay Hebsgaard, Martin Vinther Sørensen, Eske Willerslev

Recent molecular evidence suggests that crustaceans may have successfully invaded land as insects.

The authors are at the Centre for Ancient Genetics, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Biological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: ewillerslev{at}bi.ku.dk

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