Evolution of the bilaterian mouth and anus

C Nielsen, T Brunet, D Arendt - Nature ecology & evolution, 2018 - nature.com
It is widely held that the bilaterian tubular gut with mouth and anus evolved from a simple gut
with one major gastric opening. However, there is no consensus on how this happened. Did …

[HTML][HTML] The embryonic and evolutionary boundaries between notochord and cartilage: a new look at nucleus pulposus-specific markers

F Wang, C Zhang, R Shi, ZY Xie, L Chen… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The adult nucleus pulposus (NP) and articular cartilage are similar in terms of their
histocytological components and biomechanical functionalities, requiring a deep …

Development, anatomy, and phylogenetic relationships of jawless vertebrates and tests of hypotheses about early vertebrate evolution

T Miyashita - 2018 - era.library.ualberta.ca
The origin and early evolution of vertebrates remain one of the central questions of
comparative biology. This clade, which features a breathtaking diversity of complex forms …