The Presence of a Functionally Tripartite Through-Gut in Ctenophora Has Implications for Metazoan Character Trait Evolution

2016/08/31 by Jason S. Presnell, Jason S. Presnell, Lauren E. Vandepas +9 · 1 voice · 57 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Biology #Character (mathematics) #Character evolution #Clade #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology #Phylogenetics #Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #Trait #Zoology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.019

published in Current Biology 26(20), 2814-2820 (Elsevier BV)

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Discussions

• Unlike most animals with a permanent opening, many #ctenophores have a transient anus that only appears when they are about to defecate. Here, you can see a warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) tear a [bsky, 13 points, 2 comments]