Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Cardiopharyngeal deconstruction and ancestral tunicate sessility
A. Ferrandez-Roldan, M. Fabrega-Torrus, G. Sanchez-Serna…·C. Canestro
This study compares cardiopharyngeal gene regulatory networks in appendicularians and ascidians to determine the evolutionary origin of tunicate sessility and the adaptive significance of developmental deconstruction.
DOI 10.1038/s41586-021-04041-w