Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
The evolutionary origin of bilaterian smooth and striated myocytes
Thibaut Brunet, Antje H. L. Fischer, Patrick R. H. Steinmetz…·Detlev Arendt
This study identifies smooth muscles in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii, suggesting smooth and striated myocytes originated in the common ancestor of protostomes and deuterostomes.
DOI 10.7554/elife.19607