The 'mosaic' theory of development applies, to different degrees, to most animals. It owes its existence in part to a group of obscure marine invertebrates, which now take centre stage in the molecular age.
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Pourquié, O. A macho way to make muscles. Nature 409, 679–680 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35055657
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