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The evolution of cell types in animals: emerging principles from molecular studies
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Cell types are fundamental units of multicellular life but their evolution is obscure. How did the first cell types emerge and become distinct in animal evolution? What were the sets of cell types that existed at important evolutionary nodes that represent eumetazoan or bilaterian ancestors? How did these ancient cell types diversify further during the evolution of organ systems in the descending evolutionary lines? The recent advent of cell type molecular fingerprinting has yielded initial insights into the evolutionary interrelationships of cell types between remote animal phyla and has allowed us to define some first principles of cell type diversification in animal evolution.
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- Authors
- Arendt, D.
- Affiliations
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Arendt, Detlev
- ORCID
- Arendt, Detlev
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Genetics
- Published
- 2008-11
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 868-882
- ISSN
- 1471-0056 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0064
- OpenAlex
- W2072977772
- Cited by
- 525
- References
- 126
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- FWCI
- 1.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature Reviews Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Keywords
- cell type evolution, animal evolution, multicellularity
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Differentiation, Endocrine System, Biological Evolution, Immune System, Nervous System, Phylogeny, DNA Fingerprinting, Cell Lineage
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