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. 2014 Aug 18;24(16):R757-61.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.057.

Evolution: ctenophore genomes and the origin of neurons

Heather Marlow  1 , Detlev Arendt  2
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Evolution: ctenophore genomes and the origin of neurons

Heather Marlow et al. Curr Biol. .
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Recent sequencing of ctenophore genomes opens a new era in the study of this unique and phylogenetically distant group. The presence of neurodevelopmental genes, pre- and postsynaptic modules, and transmitter molecules is consistent with a single origin of neurons.

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