Zoology: Worming into the Origin of Bilaterians

Curr Biol. 2019 Jun 17;29(12):R577-R579. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.006.

Abstract

Xenacoelomorphs, a group of worms with simple body organization, have been proposed to represent the first offshoot of bilaterians. A new study shows that they might instead belong to the deuterostomes, just as echinoderms and vertebrates.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Echinodermata*
  • Vertebrates*
  • Zoology