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SUBMITTER: Steinmetz PRH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6038913 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature ecology & evolution 20170911 10
Cnidarians (for example, sea anemones and jellyfish) develop from an outer ectodermal and inner endodermal germ layer, whereas bilaterians (for example, vertebrates and flies) additionally have a mesodermal layer as intermediate germ layer. Currently, cnidarian endoderm (that is, 'mesendoderm') is considered homologous to both bilaterian endoderm and mesoderm. Here we test this hypothesis by studying the fate of germ layers, the localization of gut cell types, and the expression of numerous 'end ...[more]