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Nature 453, 999-1000 (19 June 2008) | doi:10.1038/453999a; Published online 18 June 2008
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Assistant Editor - Nature Biotechnology
- Nature Publishing Group
- New York, NY
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- Ruhr University Bochum
- Bochum 44780 Germany
Evolutionary biology: The amphioxus unleashed
Henry Gee1
Abstract
The genome sequence of a species of amphioxus, an iconic organism in the history of evolutionary biology, opens up a fresh vista on the comparative investigation of chordates and vertebrates.
One might be forgiven for never having heard of the amphioxus, a small, vaguely fish-shaped creature (Fig. 1), which spends most of its life buried in sand filtering detritus from seawater.
- Henry Gee is a Senior Editor of Nature.
Email: h.gee@nature.com
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