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- noun zoology Any
protostome animal of the superphylum Lophotrochozoa
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Texas, United States of America Cell lineage studies in mollusk embryos have documented numerous variations on the lophotrochozoan theme of spiral cleavage.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Morgan Q. Goulding 2009
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Current address: Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America Spiral cleavage is a form of early embryonic development that occurs widely within the lophotrochozoan superphylum
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Texas, United States of America Cell lineage studies in mollusk embryos have documented numerous variations on the lophotrochozoan theme of spiral cleavage.
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The specific acquisition of PsGEF by the last common ancestor of protostomes followed by its retention or loss in specific animal species during evolution demonstrates that there are some structural and / or functional features common between insect and lophotrochozoan nervous systems (for example, mushroom bodies), which are absent in all deuterostomes and cnidarians.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Keigo Kohno and Tatsuhiko Kadowaki Nozomu Higuchi 2009
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The specific acquisition of PsGEF by the last common ancestor of protostomes followed by its retention or loss in specific animal species during evolution demonstrates that there are some structural and / or functional features common between insect and lophotrochozoan nervous systems (for example, mushroom bodies), which are absent in all deuterostomes and cnidarians.
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