Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
The dorsal/ventral subdivision of the hindbrain predates the tunicate/vertebrate split
Mattew J Kourakis, Yishen Miao, Erin D Newman-Smith…·William Cairns Smith
The paper shows that the dorsal/ventral subdivision of the hindbrain is conserved between tunicates and vertebrates, suggesting an ancient origin of this structure.
DOI 10.1101/2025.07.15.664975