prebilaterian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pre- + bilaterian
Adjective[edit]
prebilaterian (not comparable)
- prior to the evolution of the bilaterians
- 2015 July 31, “Gene Expression Data from the Moon Jelly, Aurelia, Provide Insights into the Evolution of the Combinatorial Code Controlling Animal Sense Organ Development”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Thus there is a strong, but not perfect, correlation between those tissues expressing so + eya and retinal development in metazoans, reflecting some combination of derivation from antecedent organs [4 ], parallel deployment of the regulatory apparatus for eye development (e.g. [37 ]), and /or retention of a common prebilaterian role for these genes in photosensory system development [15 ].