Convergent evolution of the ladder-like ventral nerve cord in Annelida

Convergent evolution of the ladder-like ventral nerve cord in Annelida

Abstract Background A median, segmented, annelid nerve cord has repeatedly been compared to the arthropod and vertebrate nerve cords and became the most used textbook representation of the annelid nervous system. Recent phylogenomic analyses, however, challenge the hypothesis that a subepidermal rop...

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Main Authors: Conrad Helm, Patrick Beckers, Thomas Bartolomaeus, Stephan H. Drukewitz, Ioannis Kourtesis, Anne Weigert, Günter Purschke, Katrine Worsaae, Torsten H. Struck, Christoph Bleidorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Neuroanatomy
Lophotrochozoa
Central nervous system
Segmentation
Neurophylogeny
Spiralia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0280-y

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