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Patrick Beckers

University of BonnORCID 0000-0003-4051-9774Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Conrad HelmiD· 2 shared Katrine WorsaaeiD· 2 shared Alejandro MartíneziD· 1 shared Anne Weigert· 1 shared Christoph Bleidorn· 1 shared Günter Purschke· 1 shared Ioannis Kourtesis· 1 shared Paul KalkeiD· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 9, 2025

Convergent evolution of sensory palps in Scalibregmatidae (Annelida)

Paul Kalke, Katrine Worsaae, Patrick Beckers…·Conrad Helm

This study investigates the neural innervation of palp-like structures in Scalibregmatidae, finding they evolved convergently and differ from homologous structures in other annelids.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.09.681389

experimental assaydevelopment & morphogenesis

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 28, 2018

Breaking the ladder: Evolution of the ventral nerve cord in Annelida

Conrad Helm, Patrick Beckers, Thomas Bartolomaeus…·Christoph Bleidorn

The paper reconstructs the evolution of the annelid ventral nerve cord using phylogenomic and morphological analyses, finding that a subepidermal ladder-like nerve cord is derived, not ancestral.

DOI 10.1101/378661

non-human primatecomparative / phylogenetic analysis

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