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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
卷 24, 期 3, 页码 358-365出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00208-7
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The apparent conservation of cellular and molecular developmental mechanisms observed in a handful of bilaterian metazoans has spawned a race to reconstruct the bilaterian ancestor. Knowledge of this ancestor would permit us to reconstruct the evolutionary changes that have occurred along specific bilaterian lineages. However, comparisons among extant bilaterians provide an unnecessarily limited view of the ancestral bilaterian. Since the original bilaterians are believed by many to be derived from a radially symmetrical ancestor, additional evidence might be obtained by examining present-day radially symmetrical animals. We briefly review pertinent features of the body plans of the extant radial eumetazoan phyla, the Cnidaria, and Ctenophora, in the context of revealing potential evolutionary links to the bilaterians. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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