Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish).

Lampreys and hagfish, which together are known as the cyclostomes or 'agnathans', are the only surviving lineages of jawless fish. They diverged early in vertebrate evolution, before the origin of the hinged jaws that are characteristic of gnathostome (jawed) vertebrates and before the evo...

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Główni autorzy: Shimeld, S, Donoghue, P
Format: Journal article
Język:English
Wydane: 2012
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description Lampreys and hagfish, which together are known as the cyclostomes or 'agnathans', are the only surviving lineages of jawless fish. They diverged early in vertebrate evolution, before the origin of the hinged jaws that are characteristic of gnathostome (jawed) vertebrates and before the evolution of paired appendages. However, they do share numerous characteristics with jawed vertebrates. Studies of cyclostome development can thus help us to understand when, and how, key aspects of the vertebrate body evolved. Here, we summarise the development of cyclostomes, highlighting the key species studied and experimental methods available. We then discuss how studies of cyclostomes have provided important insight into the evolution of fins, jaws, skeleton and neural crest.
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spelling oxford-uuid:e5498180-c2e7-4872-b01d-bcdf0ec1fa732022-03-27T10:22:51ZEvolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish).Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e5498180-c2e7-4872-b01d-bcdf0ec1fa73EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012Shimeld, SDonoghue, PLampreys and hagfish, which together are known as the cyclostomes or 'agnathans', are the only surviving lineages of jawless fish. They diverged early in vertebrate evolution, before the origin of the hinged jaws that are characteristic of gnathostome (jawed) vertebrates and before the evolution of paired appendages. However, they do share numerous characteristics with jawed vertebrates. Studies of cyclostome development can thus help us to understand when, and how, key aspects of the vertebrate body evolved. Here, we summarise the development of cyclostomes, highlighting the key species studied and experimental methods available. We then discuss how studies of cyclostomes have provided important insight into the evolution of fins, jaws, skeleton and neural crest.
spellingShingle Shimeld, S
Donoghue, P
Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish).
title Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish).
title_full Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish).
title_fullStr Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish).
title_full_unstemmed Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish).
title_short Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish).
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