Publication of the draft genetic sequence of a comb jelly reveals a nervous system like no other.
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This story wrongly stated that ctenophores might be the closest living relatives of the first animals. It should have said that ctenophores may represent the earliest lineage to split off from the common ancestor of all animals. The text has now been corrected.
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Callaway, E. Jelly genome mystery. Nature 509, 411 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/509411a
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