ArticleCurrent biology : CB2016
Animal Evolution: Are Phyla Real?
Article in Current biology : CB, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Evolutionary plasticity in nematode Hox gene complements and genomic loci arrangement.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Developmental hourglass: Verification by numerical evolution and elucidation by dynamical-systems theory.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Theories, laws, and models in evo-devo.Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution · 2022Review
- Typological thinking: Then and now.Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution · 2018Article
- Pairwise comparisons across species are problematic when analyzing functional genomic data.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Comparative Studies of Gene Expression Kinetics: Methodologies and Insights on Development and Evolution.Frontiers in genetics · 2018Article
- Paleogenomics of echinoids reveals an ancient origin for the double-negative specification of micromeres in sea urchins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- No Evidence for Phylostratigraphic Bias Impacting Inferences on Patterns of Gene Emergence and Evolution.Molecular biology and evolution · 2017Article
- High expression of new genes in trochophore enlightening the ontogeny and evolution of trochozoans.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
A recent study compares developmental gene expression among very distantly related animal species and interprets the results as providing biological justification for phyla. Several problems in the design and interpretation of the study call this conclusion into question.
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