Exites in Cambrian arthropods and homology of arthropod limb branches

Autor: Yu Liu, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Michel Schmidt, Andrew D. Bond, Roland R. Melzer, Dayou Zhai, Huijuan Mai, Maoyin Zhang, Xianguang Hou
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24918-8
Popis: The common ancestor of all living arthropods had biramous postantennal appendages, with an endopodite and exopodite branching off the limb base. This study uses microtomographic imaging of the Cambrian arthropod Leanchoilia to reveal a previously undetected exite at the base of most appendages, suggesting a deeper origin for exites in arthropod phylogeny.
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