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SUBMITTER: Segade F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5006582 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Segade Fernando F Cota Christina C Famiglietti Amber A Cha Anna A Davidson Brad B
EvoDevo 20160831 1
<h4>Background</h4>Genomic analysis has upended chordate phylogeny, placing the tunicates as the sister group to the vertebrates. This taxonomic rearrangement raises questions about the emergence of a tunicate/vertebrate ancestor.<h4>Results</h4>Characterization of developmental genes uniquely shared by tunicates and vertebrates is one promising approach for deciphering developmental shifts underlying acquisition of novel, ancestral traits. The matrix glycoprotein Fibronectin (FN) has long been ...[more]