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Evolution of Animal Neural Systems

Benjamin J. Liebeskind, Hans A. Hofmann, David M. Hillis, Harold H. Zakon
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/116715
Benjamin J. Liebeskind
1Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712; email:
2Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
3Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
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  • For correspondence: bliebeskind@austin.utexas.edu
Hans A. Hofmann
2Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
3Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
4Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
6Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
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David M. Hillis
2Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
3Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
4Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
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Harold H. Zakon
2Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
3Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
4Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
5Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
6Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA 78712
7Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA 02543
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Abstract

Nervous systems are one of the most spectacular products of evolution. Their provenance and evolution have been an area of interest and often intense debate since the late 19th century. The genomics era has provided researchers with a new set of tools with which to study the early evolution of neurons, and recent progress on the molecular evolution of the first neurons has been both exciting and frustrating. It has become increasingly obvious that genomic data is often insufficient to reconstruct complex phenotypes in deep evolutionary time. We review this recent progress and its attendant challenges, and suggest ways forward.

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Benjamin J. Liebeskind, Hans A. Hofmann, David M. Hillis, Harold H. Zakon
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