Ancestral state reconstruction of ontogeny supports a bilaterian affinity for Dickinsonia

Evolution and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 315-324

  Gold, David A ^a   Runnegar, Bruce ^b   Gehling, James G ^c   Jacobs, David K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH FORM; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRECAMBRIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; TRACE FOSSIL;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; DICKINSONIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84944745639     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12168     Document Type: Article

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