Evidence for gill slits and a pharynx in Cambrian vetulicolians: implications for the early evolution of deuterostomes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Vetulicolians are a group of Cambrian metazoans whose distinctive bodyplan continues to present a major phylogenetic challenge. Thus, we see vetulicolians assigned to groups as disparate as deuterostomes and ecdysozoans. This diverge...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/81 |