Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
A new cell type facilitated live-bearing and multiple independent origins of placentation in fish
Diego Safian, Sophie Kraunsoe, Marcin Falis…·Margarida Cardoso-Moreira
The paper identifies a new maternal cell type that enabled live-bearing and placentation in fish through evolutionary co-option of existing gene regulatory networks.
DOI 10.64898/2026.11.11.765921