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Paedomorphosis as an Evolutionary Driving Force: Insights from Deep-Sea Brittle Stars
Heterochronic development has been proposed to have played an important role in the evolution of echinoderms. In the class Ophiuroidea, paedomorphosis (retention of juvenile characters into adulthood) has been documented in the families Ophiuridae and Ophiolepididae but not been investigated on a br...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5091845/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27806039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164562 |