Abstract
Evolution is often regarded as a process leading from simple ancestors to more complex descendants, a generalized view that has also impacted on different concepts of evolution. However, the study of new marine model systems, and the inclusion of new levels of analysis, challenge this paradigm, as they reveal that levels of complexity can diverge from the apparent organizational complexity of individual species. In this chapter, we analyze molecular genetic progress from different animal taxa, and how they help to determine the molecular changes associated with major evolutionary transitions, such as the transition to multicellularity or the origin of germ layers.
Keywords
- Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Sequence
- Animal Complexity
- Cell Type Diversity
- Dorsal Nerve Cord
- Extracellular Cadherin
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The authors wish to thank Ferdinand Marlétaz and Benjamin Backfisch for critical reading of the manuscript, and Hanno Sandvik for help in locating the original lithograph reproduced in Fig. 5.1. Research in F.R.’s laboratory is supported by a start-up fund of the Max F. Perutz Laboratories.
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Raible, F., Steinmetz, P.R.H. (2010). Metazoan Complexity. In: Cock, J., Tessmar-Raible, K., Boyen, C., Viard, F. (eds) Introduction to Marine Genomics. Advances in Marine Genomics, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8639-6_5
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