1. The genealogy of genealogy of neurons.
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Moroz, Leonid L
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EVOLUTION research , *EVOLUTIONARY theories , *NEURONS , *CTENOPHORA , *NERVOUS system , *SYNAPSES - Abstract
Two scenarios of neuronal evolution (monophyly and polyphyly) are discussed in the historical timeline starting from the 19th century. The recent genomic studies on Ctenophores re-initiated a broad interest in the hypotheses of independent origins of neurons. However, even earlier work on ctenophores suggested that their nervous systems are unique in many aspects of their organization and a possibility of the independent origin of neurons and synapses was introduced well before modern advances in genomic biology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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