| Literature DB >> 27458918 |
Thibaut Brunet1, Detlev Arendt2.
Abstract
Our skeletons evolved from cartilaginous tissue, but it remains a mystery how cartilage itself first arose in evolution. Characterization of cartilage in cuttlefish and horseshoe crabs reveals surprising commonalities with chordate chondrocytes, suggesting a common evolutionary origin.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27458918 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.062
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834