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| Title |
Evidence for gill slits and a pharynx in Cambrian vetulicolians: implications for the early evolution of deuterostomes
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| Published in |
BMC Biology, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7007-10-81 |
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| Authors |
Qiang Ou, Simon Conway Morris, Jian Han, Zhifei Zhang, Jianni Liu, Ailin Chen, Xingliang Zhang, Degan Shu |
| Abstract |
Vetulicolians are a group of Cambrian metazoans whose distinctive bodyplan continues to present a major phylogenetic challenge. Thus, we see vetulicolians assigned to groups as disparate as deuterostomes and ecdysozoans. This divergence of opinions revolves around a strikingly arthropod-like body, but one that also bears complex lateral structures on its anterior section interpreted as pharyngeal openings. Establishing the homology of these structures is central to resolving where vetulicolians sit in metazoan phylogeny. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 27% |
| Mexico | 1 | 9% |
| Japan | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 55% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 73% |
| Scientists | 2 | 18% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 60 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
| Professor | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 23% |
| Unknown | 13 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 43% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 9 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 7% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 15 | 25% |