Evolutionary history of the extant amphioxus lineage with shallow-branching diversification

Abstract Amphioxus or lancelets have been regarded as a key animal in understanding the origin of vertebrates. However, the evolutionary history within this lineage remains unexplored. As the amphioxus lineage has likely been separated from other chordates for a very long time and displays a marked...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Igawa, Masafumi Nozawa, Daichi G. Suzuki, James D. Reimer, Arseniy R. Morov, Yiquan Wang, Yasuhisa Henmi, Kinya Yasui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00786-5