The evolutionary origin of bilaterian smooth and striated myocytes
Thibaut Brunet, Antje H. L. Fischer, Patrick R. H. Steinmetz, Antonella Lauri, Paola Bertucci, 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.
bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2016Evolutionary Biology