Origin and stepwise improvement of vertebrate lungs
Ye Li, Mingliang Hu, Zhigang Zhang, Baosheng Wu, Jiangmin Zheng, Fenghua Zhang, Jiaqi Hao, Tingfeng Xue, Zhaohong Li, Chenglong Zhu, Yuxuan Liu, Lei Zhao, Wenjie Xu, Peidong Xin, Chenguang Feng, , Kun Wang
The paper analyzes single-cell RNA sequencing data to show that lung development involves regulatory changes and new genes, with some features specific to bony fishes and mammals.
Nature Ecology & Evolution · Feb 14, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology