Oh, my Cambrian nerves
Publication information:
J. M. Wolfe and J. Ortega-Hernández. 2021. “Oh, My Cambrian Nerves”. Current Biology, 31, Pp. R1132-R1135
Abstract
Developmental gene expression suggests a cryptic subdivision of the anterior brain in euarthropods. A new study illustrates delicate details of the nervous system from exceptionally preserved 500-million-year-old Chinese fossils, supporting the bipartite origin of the anterior brain among Cambrian representatives.