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A revision of brain composition in Onychophora (velvet worms) suggests that the tritocerebrum evolved in arthropods

BACKGROUND: The composition of the arthropod head is one of the most contentious issues in animal evolution. In particular, controversy surrounds the homology and innervation of segmental cephalic appendages by the brain. Onychophora (velvet worms) play a crucial role in understanding the evolution...

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Autores principales: Mayer, Georg, Whitington, Paul M, Sunnucks, Paul, Pflüger, Hans-Joachim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20727203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-255