Evolution: Assembling the deuterostome body plan

Starfish, graptolites and humans look as different as can be, yet are more closely related to each other than to any other phylum. Disc-shaped Cambrian fossils join the dots between these disparate body plans to plot out their evolutionary origins. Starfish, graptolites and humans look as different...

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Published inCurrent biology Vol. 33; no. 12; pp. R691 - R694
Main Author Smith, Martin R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 19.06.2023
Subjects
Biological Evolution
Fossils
Humans
Phylogeny
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Summary:Starfish, graptolites and humans look as different as can be, yet are more closely related to each other than to any other phylum. Disc-shaped Cambrian fossils join the dots between these disparate body plans to plot out their evolutionary origins. Starfish, graptolites and humans look as different as can be, yet are more closely related to each other than to any other phylum. Disc-shaped Cambrian fossils join the dots between these disparate body plans to plot out their evolutionary origins.
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ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.015