[Annelida] You have the brains of a worm ...

[Geoff Read]

New research on matching Platynereis dumerillii CNS gene expression to 
vertebrates.

Lots of links if you have the time. Start at this press release and work
on.  http://www.embl.org/aboutus/news/press/2007/20apr07/index.html

Or google on "Molecular Architecture of Annelid Nerve Cord"

and get all sorts of perspectives.

The paper: Denes, A.S., Jekely, G., Steinmetz, P.R.H., Raible, F.,
Snyman, H., Prud'homme, B., Ferrier, D.E.K., Balavoine, G. & Arendt, D.
(2007) Molecular Architecture of Annelid Nerve Cord Supports Common
Origin of Nervous System Centralization in Bilateria. Cell, 129, 277-288.

http://www.cell.com/content/issue?volume=129&issue=2



Geoff
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   Geoff Read <g.read from niwa.co.nz>
    http://www.annelida.net/
    http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/