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ArticleNational science review2024

Rapid growth in a large Cambrian apex predator.

Yu Wu, Stephen Pates, Daniel Pauly, Xingliang Zhang, Dongjing Fu

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Article in National science review, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yu WuState Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environment, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4580-4083
Stephen PatesDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
Daniel PaulyInstitute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3756-4793
Xingliang ZhangState Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environment, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Dongjing FuState Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environment, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the importance of ontogenetic data on early diverging euarthropods to our understanding of the ecology and evolution of past life, the data are distinctly lacking, as reconstructing life histories of fossil animals is often challenging. Here we report the growth trajectory of frontal appendages of the apex predator

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Cambrian Explosiongrowth dynamicspost-embryonic developmentRadiodontastem-group Euarthropoda

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PMID38312385
PMCPMC10833464

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