Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Syncytial nerve net in a ctenophore sheds new light on the early evolution of nervous systems
P. Burkhardt, A. Medhus, L. Digel…·M. Kittelmann
The paper uses electron microscopy to show that ctenophore nerve nets form syncytia, challenging the neuron doctrine and supporting an alternative nervous system evolution model.
DOI 10.1126/science.ade5645