Cell type and regulatory analysis in amphioxus illuminates evolutionary origin of the vertebrate head
A. Markos, J. Kubovciak, S. Mikula Mrstakova, J. Paces, A. Zitova, Z. Kozmik, S. Machacova, Z. Kozmik, I. Kozmikova
The paper identifies vertebrate head-related cell populations in amphioxus, a close relative of the chordate ancestor, through single-cell transcriptomics and functional analysis.
bioRxiv · Jan 18, 2024Evolutionary Biology