Syncytial nerve net in a ctenophore sheds new light on the early evolution of nervous systems
P. Burkhardt, A. Medhus, L. Digel, B. Naumann, J. J. Soto-Angel, E.-L. Nordmann, M. Sachkova, 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.
bioRxiv · Aug 14, 2022Evolutionary Biology