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What Topher didn't say was that he wanted to have more options for grant funding. With the NIH out of the picture, he needed to submit something to the National Science Foundation. Unfortunately, the NSF wasn’t keen on human genomics. They liked non-model organisms, big interdisciplinary studies, and fundamental questions in biology. Right now, as much as he hated to admit it, he desperately needed more money. "The Rosenthal Lab," he continued, "Will be doing the paleontological analysis. They want us to do the sequencing and phylogenomic analysis of some mollusk, worm, and sponge genomes. Why might this research be interesting?” Again, he paused, waiting to see if anyone in his lab group knew what he was talking about. Sara raised her hand. “Yes, Sara?” “I think it is still unclear whether sponges or ctenophores evolved first, and many of the relationships of the Spiralia are disputed.”