The origin and body plan evolution of brachiopods
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- Endo Kazuyoshi
- Doctoral program in Earth Evolution Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 腕足動物の起源とボディプラン進化(<特集>腕足動物の古生物学)
- 腕足動物の起源とボディプラン進化
- ワンソク ドウブツ ノ キゲン ト ボディ プラン シンカ
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Abstract
Recent hypotheses regarding the origin and body plan evolution of brachiopods are reviewed. Brachiopods are firmly placed within the lophotrochozoa, one of three major bilaterian lineages revealed by molecular phylogeny. Comparisons of mitochondrial gene arrangements further suggest that brachiopods are closer to annelids than to molluscs, a scheme supported by morphological comparisons of Cambrian fossils, including those of halkieriids and wiwaxiids. Any scenario explaining the brachiopod origin may involve curling of the dorso-ventral axis along the anterior-posterior axis. This hypothesis could partly be tested by methods of molecular developmental biology. Some potential pitfalls of this approach are discussed with reference to the deuterostome-like features of brachiopods and to the ubiquity of co-option of developmentally important genes.
Journal
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- Fossils
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Fossils 81 (0), 57-66, 2007
Palaeontological Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679411681024
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- NII Article ID
- 110006250786
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- NII Book ID
- AN00041606
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- ISSN
- 24242632
- 00229202
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- HANDLE
- 2241/100713
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- NDL BIB ID
- 8788467
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- IRDB
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed