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Open Access Re 2009MildeetVoal.umesea10,rchIssue 1, Article R8 Characterization of taxonomically restricted genes in a phylum-restricted cell type Sabine Milde , Georg Hemmrich¤, Friederike Anton-Erxleben, ¤ Konstantin Khalturin, J?rg Wittlieb and Thomas CG Bosch Address: Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany. ¤ These authors contributed equally to this work. Correspondence: Thomas CG Bosch. Email: tbosch@zoologie.uni-kiel.de Published: 22 January 2009 Received: 9 October 2008 Revised: 11 December 2008 Accepted: 22 January 2009 G