Cardiopharyngeal deconstruction and ancestral tunicate sessility
A. Ferrandez-Roldan, M. Fabrega-Torrus, G. Sanchez-Serna, E. Duran-Bello, M. Joaquin-Lluis, J. Garcia-Fernandez, R. Albalat, C. Canestro
This study compares cardiopharyngeal gene regulatory networks in appendicularians and ascidians to determine the evolutionary origin of tunicate sessility and the adaptive significance of developmental deconstruction.
bioRxiv · Feb 10, 2021Evolutionary Biology