THE FOSSIL RECORD AND THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE METAZOA

被引：310

作者：

MORRIS, SC

机构：

[1] Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

来源：

NATURE | 1993年 / 361卷 / 6409期

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D O I：

10.1038/361219a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The appearance of the multicellular animals, or Metazoa, in the fossil record about 600 million years ago marks a revolution in the history of life. Molecular biology is continuing to increase our understanding of metazoan evolution, yet information from fossils is still an important component in deciphering metazoan phylogeny, and data on rapidly radiating animal groups place early metazoan evolution in a new perspective.

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页码：219 / 225

页数：7

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