Paedomorphosis as an Evolutionary Driving Force: Insights from Deep-Sea Brittle Stars.

Heterochronic development has been proposed to have played an important role in the evolution of echinoderms. In the class Ophiuroidea, paedomorphosis (retention of juvenile characters into adulthood) has been documented in the families Ophiuridae and Ophiolepididae but not been investigated on a br...

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Main Authors: Sabine Stöhr, Alexander Martynov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5091845?pdf=render