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SUBMITTER: Rodriguez J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5816663 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rodriguez Juanita J Jones Tappey H TH Sierwald Petra P Marek Paul E PE Shear William A WA Brewer Michael S MS Kocot Kevin M KM Bond Jason E JE
Scientific reports 20180216 1
With fossil representatives from the Silurian capable of respiring atmospheric oxygen, millipedes are among the oldest terrestrial animals, and likely the first to acquire diverse and complex chemical defenses against predators. Exploring the origin of complex adaptive traits is critical for understanding the evolution of Earth's biological complexity, and chemical defense evolution serves as an ideal study system. The classic explanation for the evolution of complexity is by gradual increase fr ...[more]