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Bernard M Degnan1, Sandie M Degnan1
1School of Biological Sciences and Centre for Marine Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Trends in Genetics : TIG
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Abstract:
Marine larvae have factored heavily in pursuits to understand the origin and evolution of animal life cycles. Recent comparisons of gene expression and chromatin state in different species of sea urchin and annelid show how evolutionary changes in embryonic gene regulation can lead to markedly different larval forms.
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