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Kanika Leang

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Analysis of Nematode Ventral Nerve Cords Suggests Multiple Instances of Evolutionary Addition and Loss of Neurons

Jae-Yeong Han, Alyson Ficca, Marissa Lanzatella, Kanika Leang, Matthew Barnum, Jonathan C. T. Boudreaux, Nathan E. Schroeder

The paper quantifies neuron counts in nematode ventral nerve cords to reveal evolutionary patterns, finding significant variation between Enoplea and Chromadorea and suggesting a distributed nervous system in Mononchus aquaticus.

Evolution & Development · Apr 5, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology