Origin of Metazoan Developmental Toolkits and Their Expression in the Fossil Record

Tweedt, Sarah M.; Erwin, Douglas H.

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Origin of Metazoan Developmental Toolkits and Their Expression in the Fossil Record

Tweedt, Sarah M., Erwin, Douglas H.·2015·Advances in Marine Genomics

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The capacity for feeding, movement and sensation were well developed in the bilaterian LCA.
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Authors: Tweedt, S. M., & Erwin, D. H.
Affiliations: National Museum of Natural History (US)
Corresponding author: Tweedt, Sarah M.
ORCID: Tweedt, Sarah M.
Erwin, Douglas H.
Venue: Advances in Marine Genomics
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2015
Pages: 47-77
ISSN: 1879-8012 (ISSN-L)
1879-8020
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9642-2_3
OpenAlex: W572433491
Cited by: 27
References: 107
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2
FWCI: 8.25
Type: book chapter
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Advances in marine genomics (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords: metazoan origin, regulatory genes, transcription factors, signaling pathways, co-option, Placozoa, Cnidaria, last common ancestor, molecular clock, fossil record, morphological evolution

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