Early animal evolution and the origins of nervous systems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1684, 2015, Pages

  Budd, Graham E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Ediacaran; Environmental change; Homoplasy; Nervous system evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; EDIACARAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HOMOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ANIMALIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84946782181     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0037     Document Type: Review

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