Molecular timetrees reveal a Cambrian colonization of land and a new scenario for ecdysozoan evolution.
Ecdysozoans have been key components of ecosystems since the early Cambrian, when trilobites and soft-bodied Burgess Shale-type ecdysozoans dominated marine animal communities. Even today, the most abundant animals on Earth are either nematode worms or plankton-forming crustaceans, whereas the most...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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