Evolution of vertebrates as viewed from the crest

Stephen A. Green, Marcos Simoes-Costa and Marianne E. Bronner ()
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Stephen A. Green: California Institute of Technology
Marcos Simoes-Costa: California Institute of Technology
Marianne E. Bronner: California Institute of Technology

Nature, 2015, vol. 520, issue 7548, 474-482

Abstract: Abstract The origin of vertebrates was accompanied by the advent of a novel cell type: the neural crest. Emerging from the central nervous system, these cells migrate to diverse locations and differentiate into numerous derivatives. By coupling morphological and gene regulatory information from vertebrates and other chordates, we describe how addition of the neural-crest-specification program may have enabled cells at the neural plate border to acquire multipotency and migratory ability. Analysis of the topology of the neural crest gene regulatory network can serve as a useful template for understanding vertebrate evolution, including elaboration of neural crest derivatives.

Date: 2015
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