Muscle systems and motility of early animals highlighted by cnidarians from the basal Cambrian

Although fossil evidence suggests that various animal groups were able to move actively through their environment in the early stages of their evolution, virtually no direct information is available on the nature of their muscle systems. The origin of jellyfish swimming, for example, is of great int...

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Main Authors: Xing Wang, Jean Vannier, Xiaoguang Yang, Lucas Leclère, Qiang Ou, Xikun Song, Tsuyoshi Komiya, Jian Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/74716