Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development
Deuterostomes are the major division of animal life which includes sea stars, acorn worms,
and humans, among a wide variety of ecologically and morphologically disparate taxa …
and humans, among a wide variety of ecologically and morphologically disparate taxa …
Ecology and natural history of the protochordates
G Lambert - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
The last comprehensive reviews of ecology and natural history of ascidians were included in
the excellent 1971 publication by Millar on the biology of ascidians and the 1991 treatise on …
the excellent 1971 publication by Millar on the biology of ascidians and the 1991 treatise on …
Cambrian suspension-feeding tubicolous hemichordates
Background The combination of a meager fossil record of vermiform enteropneusts and their
disparity with the tubicolous pterobranchs renders early hemichordate evolution conjectural …
disparity with the tubicolous pterobranchs renders early hemichordate evolution conjectural …
A phylogeny of the hemichordates based on morphological characters
CB Cameron - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
A comprehensive review of literature on all 15 genera constituting the phylum Hemichordata
resulted in a morphological matrix of 105 characters. The echinoderms, tunicates …
resulted in a morphological matrix of 105 characters. The echinoderms, tunicates …
Symbiosis in the Cambrian: enteropneust tubes from the Burgess Shale co-inhabited by commensal polychaetes
The in situ preservation of animal behaviour in the fossil record is exceedingly rare, but can
lead to unique macroecological and macroevolutionary insights, especially regarding early …
lead to unique macroecological and macroevolutionary insights, especially regarding early …
Evolution and development of the chordates: collagen and pharyngeal cartilage
AL Rychel, SE Smith, HT Shimamoto… - Molecular Biology and …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Chordates evolved a unique body plan within deuterostomes and are considered to share
five morphological characters, a muscular postanal tail, a notochord, a dorsal neural tube …
five morphological characters, a muscular postanal tail, a notochord, a dorsal neural tube …
[图书][B] Muscles of chordates: development, homologies, and evolution
Chordates comprise lampreys, hagfishes, jawed fishes, and tetrapods, plus a variety of more
unfamiliar and crucially important non-vertebrate animal lineages, such as lancelets and sea …
unfamiliar and crucially important non-vertebrate animal lineages, such as lancelets and sea …
An anatomical description of a miniaturized acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) with asexual reproduction by paratomy
K Worsaae, W Sterrer, S Kaul-Strehlow… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The interstitial environment of marine sandy bottoms is a nutrient-rich, sheltered habitat
whilst at the same time also often a turbulent, space-limited, and ecologically challenging …
whilst at the same time also often a turbulent, space-limited, and ecologically challenging …
Cambrian tentaculate worms and the origin of the hemichordate body plan
Hemichordate relationships remain contentious due to conflicting molecular results [1–7]
and the high degree of morphological disparity between the two hemichordate classes …
and the high degree of morphological disparity between the two hemichordate classes …
The phylogeny, evolutionary developmental biology, and paleobiology of the Deuterostomia: 25 years of new techniques, new discoveries, and new ideas
KJ Peterson, DJ Eernisse - Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2016 - Springer
Over the past 25 years, new techniques, new discoveries, and new ideas have profoundly
impacted our understanding of deuterostome interrelationships and, ultimately …
impacted our understanding of deuterostome interrelationships and, ultimately …