Original paper

Active mode of excretion across digestive tissues predates the origin of excretory organs

Volume: 17, Issue: 7, Pages: e3000408 - e3000408
Published: Jul 29, 2019
Abstract
Most bilaterian animals excrete toxic metabolites through specialized organs, such as nephridia and kidneys, which share morphological and functional correspondences. In contrast, excretion in non-nephrozoans is largely unknown, and therefore the reconstruction of ancestral excretory mechanisms is problematic. Here, we investigated the excretory mode of members of the Xenacoelomorpha, the sister group to Nephrozoa, and Cnidaria, the sister group...
Paper Details
Title
Active mode of excretion across digestive tissues predates the origin of excretory organs
Published Date
Jul 29, 2019
Volume
17
Issue
7
Pages
e3000408 - e3000408
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