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Primitive fish's sea-floor shuffle illuminates the origins of walking

The little skate walks using the same nerves and genes as mammals.
  1. Giorgia Guglielmi
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The genes and nerve cells that allow people and other mammals to walk around can also be found in a primitive fish known as a skate, according to a study. The findings suggest that the nerve cells essential for walking evolved millions of years earlier than previously thought.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-01700-3

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